A book a child can read and an adult might need.

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About Laura

LAURA BRIEL SULLIVAN is a first-time author who believes that life has a soundtrack and that the best gifts are stories that find us when we need them most.

Shortlisted in the Faulkner Society Wisdom Competition, Sailing with Angels: A Poetic Tale of Grief and Grace is a love letter to the characters from her parent’s generation.

She can’t spell, loves to spin a story, laughs loudly, and splits her time between the Massachusetts and Mississippi coasts.

Her favorite words are conundrum, oxymoron, and kerfuffle.

Upcoming Events

  • Edgartown Books

    Join Laura Briel Sullivan in her hometown during Porchfest at Edgartown Books as she sings books and shares the behind the scenes stories of characters in the book.

    Edgartown Books | 44 Main Street | Edgartown, MA

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  • Wonderland Books

    12 pm May 30, 2026

    Stop by to have Laura Briel Sullivan sign your copy of Sailing with Angels. Great for gifting to friends and loved ones in time for Father’s Day.

    Wonderland Books | 79208B Norfolk Ave | Bethesda, MD

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  • In lieu of flowers, gift a book

    Coastal tales to help navigate grief or grit or give you the giggles. Princess Briel sails with angels, alligators, and anglers, having adventures and bringing a little whimsy and wisdom amidst life’s headwinds and happy times.

  • Sailing with Angels: A Poetic Tale of Grief and Grace

    Beyond the mist, their voices strong, had never truly left her long. For though the past may drift away, their presence sails with her each day.

  • Sailing with Alligators: A Poetic Tale of Grit and Gumption

    She had let down her guard for a grin lined with teeth, gave secrets to glitter that schemed underneath. But she learned to move with the push, not react to the blow. To spin pain to rhythm, like zydeco’s flow.

  • Sailing with Anglers: A Poetic Tale for Graduations and Growth

    Some fish to feed, some fish to dream, to find what’s real in life’s wide stream. With reel or net, with luck or lore, anglers cast from every shore.

  • William Hamilton Finds a Home

    Once upon a time, not on an island, and not on a bayou, but on a busy river bend in the heart of Christmas, there lived a small bear on a Bloomingdale’s shop shelf. His red sweater itched something awful, as did his itch to find a family.