She was inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame in 1988. The editor purchased the novel, which was published in 1979. The bestselling author read the novel and promptly mailed it to her own editor at Avon. Her story became her first manuscript, "The Fulfillment", and she sent it to Kathleen Woodiwiss. She decided to try transferring to paper a recurring dream she was having about a story based on her grandmother's lifestyle on a Minnesota farm. LaVyrle worked as a teacher's aide at Osseo Junior High School, when in her thirties, she read Kathleen Woodiwiss's novel "The Flame and Flower", which gave her the idea to become a novelist. Married her high school sweetheart Dan Spencer, shortly after her graduation, a decision she calls the wisest choice of her life. LaVyrle was born on Jin Browerville, Minnesota, USA, where she grew up.
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