She has won journalism awards from the National Newspaper Association and the Press Club of Long Island. She has also written several plays including "Silent History" that was produced at The Spiegel Theatre at Hofstra University as part of a conference on Long Island Women and "Cleaning Lessons," a play produced in conjunction with the "Women and Work Performance Project" by NEAR Theatre in Huntington as well as at Pen & Brush, a women's arts organization in New York, New York. Hope's Point Press was founded in 2012 by Laura Schofer. This electronic publisher press is dedicated to publishing creative works that take place on Long Island. "The Fingerprint of Destiny" is the first novel to be published by this press.