Laura Kamoie is an American historian and New York Times bestselling author of historical fiction, with a PhD in early American history from the College of William & Mary. A former history professor at the U.S. Naval Academy, she left academia in 2013 to write full-time and has co-authored bestselling novels with Stephanie Dray, including America’s First Daughter, My Dear Hamilton, Ribbons of Scarlet, and A Founding Mother. She also writes romance and romantic suspense under the pen name Laura Kaye. Kamoie lives in Annapolis, Maryland, with her family.