Laurie has always loved being around animals and she grew up in rural Hunterdon County with dogs, cats, and an Amazon parrot and continued to have dogs and cats throughout her life.
Laurie earned an undergraduate degree from Drew University in Madison and a graduate degree in library science from Rutgers University. She currently works full time as a college librarian and fills in whenever she can in order to get her fix with her furry friends.
Now living in Morris County, Laurie enjoys long walks in the countryside with her dogs Miles and Bentley.