Dr. Audrey Lavin's writing has won prizes and, in addition to local awards, she has been honored three times by receiving awards from the State of Ohio. The honors are from The Ohioana Association, the Ohio Humanities Commission, and most recently, from the Ohio Senior Citizen's Hall of Fame, all for her successes in writing and education, specifically, "as a role model to all Ohioans following in her footsteps."

When not travelling to give "book chats," Lavin writes and happily plans murders in Canton, Ohio, where she lives with her consultant husband Carl. They have four children, three children-in-law, and nine grandchildren.