Lauren Thoman

About The Author

Lauren Thoman writes speculative fiction for teens and adults, including You Shouldn’t Be Here and I’ll Stop the World, which was selected for publication in 2023 by six-time Emmy nominee Mindy Kaling through her eponymous imprint, Mindy’s Book Studio. Lauren’s pop culture writing has appeared in numerous online outlets including Parade and Vulture. Lauren lives outside of Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband and two children in a house full of dogs and fish. 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. Learn more at LaurenThomanWrites.com.

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Books by Lauren Thoman

Dread Chaser

By Lauren Thoman

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.

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