Sara Laux Akin: Hello. My name is Sara Laux Akin, which sounds like bacon, Akin, bacon. Growing up, my name was Sara Anne Laux, and when I married, I kept Laux as my middle name. Laux is French, and is derived from Lucas, as in St. Luke, and it means a patient person, which as a writer, turns out to be a very good thing, because writing takes a lot of patience, patience and hard work, and it's a lot of fun.