Laura Sue Cutler Alcott,(née Thomas), is a character in the Cutler Series by V.C. Andrews. Laura Sue is the wife of Randolph Cutler, and later marries Bronson Alcott. Her first appearance to readers was in the very first book Dawn. Laura Sue has three children all by three different men: first Philip Cutler by her first husband Randolph Cutler; second Clara Sue Cutler by her second husband Bronson Alcott and third Dawn (Eugenia Cutler) after being raped by her father-in-law William Cutler.