About H.M. Lawson

H.M. Lawson is an award-winning writer and educator who values the art of expression, especially through paint, music, and words. She has lived in Michigan, Texas, Missouri, Illinois, and France. During her childhood, she spent hours exploring the fields and river near her Midwest home. Fueled by her imagination and a backpack full of snacks, she and her sister spent hours exploring the vast, undeveloped acres behind their house. They were sovereign rulers of this outdoor kingdom of switchgrass and brambles. These early years of imagining and pretending paved the way for H.M.'s passion for storytelling.

Lawson does her best writing in a room crammed with books, second-hand stringed instruments, and a cuckoo clock. She's married to a chef who disguises himself as an IT Director, and they have two funny, talented kids who are her inspiration.  

In 2024, Lawson founded Wilson Lindberg Books, LLC, a self-publishing imprint specializing in self-deprecating comedies, quirky short-stories, and tales of adventure. 

The Mystery in Mapleton is Lawson's debut novel.

• BA University of Illinois 
  • Major: Art Education
  • Focus: Art History
• Master's Degree (MA) St. Xavier University
  • Major: Teaching and Leadership