Laney Katz Becker is an award-winning author and writer. Her debut novel, DEAR STRANGER, DEAREST FRIEND, was a Literary Guild alternate selection, recommended by Library Journal and featured on CBS's "Saturday Early Show," among other media outlets.

Laney is also the author of the nonfiction anthology, THREE TIMES CHAI, a collection of rabbis favorite stories. Her writing career also includes working as an award-winning advertising copywriter, freelance journalist, and, most recently, for more than a decade, as a literary agent.

When she’s not writing, Laney enjoys drawing, sewing, reading, playing tennis, long walks (while listening to podcasts or audiobooks), and playing canasta. A native Ohioan, Laney is a graduate of Northwestern University. Although she lived in Westchester County, NY for most of her adult life, she currently resides on the east coast of South Florida where she lives with her husband and their Havanese. She has two married children and two grandchildren.