Laura Markovitch was born in Michigan. She lived for a short time in Montreal, Quebec, but most of her young life was spent in Michigan. After marrying, she moved to Ohio, where she currently resides. She enjoys a meaningful career as a high school English teacher. While earning her master's degree from Youngstown State University, she decided to pen her first novel. After her students found her first manuscript draft at the online writer's forum authonomy.com, a reading frenzy at her high school ensued. It was at that pivotal moment that she knew that she wanted to polish and publish her book, THE WAITING ROOM.