Laurie Blalock Vanzura[1](born Texas, United States) is an American author of contemporary romance novels, first under the pseudonym Laura Anthony, and now as Lori Wilde.

She continued to write, finishing 60 short stories over the next 10 years, persisting even while attending nursing school.

Wilde took the teacher's advice, and in 1994 sold her second completed work to Silhouette Romance under the pseudonym Laura Anthony.

She has won first place in The Colorado Award of Excellence, the More than Magic, The Wisconsin Right Touch, The Laurel Wreath, The Desert Rose Golden Quill and the Lories.

In 2010, her book The First Love Cookie Club was on the USA Today and The New York Times[5] best seller lists for five weeks.