Laurie has been attending Worldcons since 1976. She edited William Tenn's book of essays/interviews Dancing Naked for NESFA Press, which was Hugo-nominated for Best Non-Fiction book in 2005. Laurie co-chaired Boskone 25 with her husband Jim. She worked on Worldcon Program four times (CoNZealand, Sasquan (program director), Renovation and Millennium Philcon). Laurie ran Program for the 2012 Smofcon and chaired the 2017 & 2012 Smofcons. She served as local coordinator and hotel liaison for the Nebula Award Conference in Pittsburgh in 1999, 2017 & 2018. She is running Information for Discon 3, the 2021 Worldcon. She is an admin for Dead People Server, now a Facebook group. While mostly retired, she's worked on over 40 movies and TV shows in the Pittsburgh area, including the first Jack Reacher movie, the third Dark Knight movie & the second season of Manhunt (Atlanta Olympics bombing investigation).