Laura Anne Gilman was born in 1967 in suburban New Jersey. She received a Liberal Arts education from the Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, and was inducted into the Phi Alpha Theta honors society. She started her career in publishing as an editorial assistant in New York City.

After publishing several short stories (her first professional fiction sale was 1994 to Amazing Stories), some media tie-ins, and a job as an executive editor she published her first original novel Staying Dead, a "Cosa Nostradamus"-universe "Retrievers" book. The first book of a second series in this universe named "Paranormal Scene Investigations", Hard Magic, was published in Spring 2010, and a second should follow in Spring 2011. Flesh and Fire, the first novel in the "Vineart War" series, was released in 2009. The "Vineart War" series deviates from the urban fantasy setting of the Cosa Nostradamus books, having more of a traditional fantasy feel. Flesh and Fire was nominated for the 2009 Nebula Award for Best Novel.

She currently lives in New York City, where she also runs d.y.m.k. Productions. Laura Anne Gilman is a member of the BookView Cafe, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and Novelists, Inc.

Laura Anne Gilman has done multiple signings in a variety of venues with a group of fantasy authors who fondly refer to themselves as the "Magnificent 7". This group is made up of Laura Anne Gilman, Patricia Bray, Joshua Palmatier, Jackie Kessler, S.C. Butler, Anton Strout, and Barbara Campbell.

Series

Cosa Nostradamus

Retrievers

1. Staying Dead, Luna (July 2004) ISBN 0-373-80209-9
2. Curse the Dark, Luna (July 2005) ISBN 0-373-80227-7
3. Bring It on, Luna (July 2006), ISBN 0-373-80240-4
4. Burning Bridges, Luna (June 2007), ISBN 0-373-80274-9
5. Free Fall, Luna (May 2008), ISBN 0-373-80267-6
6. Blood from Stone, Luna (April 2009), ISBN 0-373-80297-8

Paranormal Scene Investigations

1. Hard Magic, Luna (2010), ISBN 0-373-80313-3

Grail Quest

1. The Camelot Spell, HarperCollins (March 2006), ISBN 0-060-77279-4
2. Morgain's Revenge, HarperCollins (July 2006), ISBN 0-060-77282-4
3. The Shadow Companion, HarperCollins (November 2006), ISBN 0-060-77286-7

The Vineart War

1. Flesh and Fire, Pocket Books (October 2009), ISBN 978-1-4391-0141-4
2. Weight of Stone, Gallery (October 2010), ISBN 978-1-4391-0145-2

Media tie-in novels

Quantum Leap

• Double or Nothing (with C. J. Henderson), Boxtree Ltd (July 1995), ISBN 0-752-20682-6

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

• Visitors, (with Josepha Sherman), Pocket Books (May 1999), ISBN 0-671-02628-3
• Deep Water, (with Josepha Sherman), Pocket Books (February 2000), ISBN 0-671-03919-9

Poltergeist: The Legacy

• The Shadows Between as L.A. Liverakos, Ace Books (October 2000), ISBN 0-441-00703-1

Anthologies edited

• Treachery and Treason, with Jennifer Heddle (ed.), ROC Books (March 2000), ISBN 0-451-45778-1
• Otherwere: Stories of Transformation, with Keith R. A. DeCandido (ed.), Ace Books (September 1996), ISBN 0-441-00363-X

Nonfiction

• Coping with Cerebral Palsy, Rosen Publishing Group (April 2001), ISBN 0-823-93150-1
• Yeti, the Abominable Snowman, (Unsolved Mysteries), Rosen Publishing Group (December 2001), ISBN 0-823-93565-5
• Economics: How Economics Works, Lerner Publications (January 2006), ISBN 0-822-55757-6

Short fiction

• "Along Came a Spider"
• "Apparent Horizon"
• "Catseye"
• "Clean Up Your Room!" in Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear Jody Lynn Nye (ed.), Baen Books (July 1, 1996), ISBN 0-671-87732-1
• "A Day in the Life," in The Day the Magic Stopped, Baen Books (October 1995), ISBN 0-671-87690-2
• "Dispossession" (Maynstream/ghost story) in Spooks, Tina Jens (ed.), Twilight Tales Press
• "Don't You Want To Be Beautiful?"
• "Dragons"
• "Every Comfort of Home"
• "Exposure" in Blood Muse: Timeless Tales of Vampires in the Arts, Esther M. Friesner & Martin H. Greenberg (ed.), Dutton Adult (December 1, 1995), ISBN 1-556-11470-2
• "Harvey and Fifth"
• "His Essential Nature" in The Best of Dreams of Decadence, Roc Books (2003), ISBN 0-451-45918-0
• "In the Night"
• "KidPro" in Wizards, Inc., DAW (6. November 2007), ISBN 0-756-40439-8
• "Overrush" in Murder by Magic, Rosemary Edghill (ed.), Warner Books, 0-446-67962-3
• "Palimpsest" in Powers of Detection,, Dana Stabenow (ed.), Ace Books,0-441-01197-7
• "Site Fourteen"
• "Sleepwork"
• "Source Material" (poem) in Tales from the Wonder Zone: Odyssey, Trifolium Books Inc, ISBN 1-552-44080-X (Prix Aurora Awards 2005 final ballot)
• "Sympathetic Magic"
• "Talent"
• "The Road Taken"
• "Turnings"
• "Where Angels Fear to Tread" in Highwaymen, Rogues, and Robbers, DAW Books (June 1997), ISBN 0-886-777321

Pseudonymous works

Anna Leonard

• Dreamcatcher, Nocturne e-book (August 2008)
• The Night Serpent, Nocturne (September 2008), ISBN 037361795X
• The Hunted, Nocturne (April, 2010), ISBN 0373618336

L. A. Liverakos

• The Shadows Between, a Poltergeist: The Legacy novel, Ace Books (October 2000), ISBN 0-441-00703-1