Laura Claridge (born 1952 in Clearwater, Florida) is an American author known primarily for her biographies of major 20th century figures, forcing re-examination of popular icons including Art Deco painter Tamara de Lempicka, Emily Post and Norman Rockwell.
She has written for the Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, Vogue, and the Christian Science Monitor.
Tamara de Lempicka: A Life of Deco and Decadence was published in 1998, as well as the following year in the UK, Germany, Spain, and Poland.
Norman Rockwell: A Life, the first critical biography of the popular American artist, appeared in the fall of 2001.
Emily Post: Mistress of American Manners, Daughter of the Gilded Age was published in the fall of 2008.