Laura C. Martin has enjoyed a long career as an author and natural history artist. She has a degree in botany from the University of Georgia and a certificate in Botanical Art and Illustration from the New York Botanical Garden. In addition to publishing 26 books, she has also written hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles about gardening and native plants.

In fall, 2023, her art and information exhibit, Imperiled Beauty: Georgia's Endangered Plants opened at the gallery at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens and then traveled to various other venues throughout the state.  She is the recipient of several awards including Parent’s Choice, the Silver Nautilus, the Alabama Conservancy, and the Garden Club of America book award. She lives in Atlanta with her husband, where she enthusiastically tends to a garden of mostly native plants.