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On Sale January 5, 2027
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Lauren Thoman writes speculative fiction featuring diverse ensemble casts for teens and adults. Her debut novel, the timeslip mystery I'll Stop the World, was selected for publication in 2023 by six-time Emmy nominee Mindy Kaling, and was named a finalist for the Tennessee Book Award in 2024. Lauren is also the author of You Shouldn't Be Here and the post-apocalyptic YA series Dread Chaser.
Born and raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Lauren now lives outside of Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband and two children in a chaotic household that includes a fluctuating number of dogs, cats, birds, and a somewhat alarming quantity of fish. Before she wrote books, she worked as a band director, a financial transcriptionist, and a freelance pop culture writer. When she's not writing, she's probably on the hunt for tacos or coffee, poking around her flowerbeds, or buried underneath a pile of dogs.
Lauren Thoman writes speculative fiction featuring diverse ensemble casts for teens and adults. Her debut novel, the timeslip mystery I'll Stop the World, was selected for publication in 2023 by six-time Emmy nominee Mindy Kaling, and was named a finalist for the Tennessee Book Award in 2024. Lauren is also the author of You Shouldn't Be Here and the post-apocalyptic YA series Dread Chaser.
Born and raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Lauren...
Books
Dread Chaser
The Last of Us meets The Mandalorian in this post-apocalyptic speculative young adult novel about a teenage bounty hunter whose mission to catch the target of a lifetime begins to unravel everything he thought he knew about his world.
Over a century after a series of cataclysmic disasters wiped out most life on Earth, survival in the Expanse is...
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You Shouldn’t Be Here
Two strangers search for the truth behind bizarre occurrences no one else dares to discuss—only to discover that they’re connected by secrets that could destroy them both. A thrilling and twisty novel by the acclaimed author of the Mindy’s Book Studio pick I’ll Stop the World.
When sixteen-year-old Angie Stewart starts hearing a mysterious voice...
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I’ll Stop the World
The end and the beginning become one in a heart-pounding coming-of-age mystery about the power of friendship, fate, and inexplicable second chances.
Is it the right place at the wrong time? Or the wrong place at the right time?
Trapped in a dead-end town, Justin Warren has had his life defined by the suspicious deaths of his grandparents. The...
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Events
Dragon Con is the largest multi-media, popular culture convention focusing on science fiction & fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music, and film in the universe.
Lauren's Panel Schedule:
Title: No Way Out: A From Fan Panel
Description: A fan-driven discussion about the enigmatic horror series, ranging from its mysteries to its mythology. What do we think is really going on?
Panelists: Rocky Shields, Robyn McGlotten, Tony Sarrecchia, C. Damian Allen(M), Lauren Thoman, Courtenay Cody
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LOCATION: Plenty Bookshop, Cookeville, TN
TIME: 5:00 PM
Briana N. Cox will discuss her debut horror novel Indigent with Lauren Thoman. Signing to follow.
About Indigent:
Leigh Pierce Estates is home to a diverse array of tenants: working mothers, immigrants, the forgotten elderly. All working poor—and all in danger.
Because the tenants of Leigh Pierce are disappearing.
Live-in handyman Xavier seems to be the only one who notices. Or cares. After a chance encounter with the culprit, he is left...
Location: Bound Booksellers, Franklin, TN
Time: 1:00 PM
Greg Howard and Lauren Thoman will discuss Greg's newest middle grade novel The Travelers. This event is free and open to the public, with a signing to follow.
About The Travelers:
Beloved by readers for his sensitivity and focus on iconic LGBTQ characters and serious issues, Edgar-nominee and author of critically acclaimed The Whispers and The Visitors, Greg Howard, makes his highly anticipated return with a twisty mystery wrapped in a...
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