Lauren Thoman

We're just a little over 2 months out from DREAD CHASER, and I've gotten some awesome blurbs from some AMAZING authors. First up, from the inimitable @scalzi.com: "A wild ride through twisting storms. Dread Chaser reads like cinema. I sprinted through the pages to find out what happened next.”

I took many things away from that day: The understanding that plans WILL change at the last minute and that's okay; John's 3 non-negotiable rules of Q&A (which I still use); and most importantly, just how much of a difference it can make to be treated with kindness and respect by someone you admire.

We're just a little over 2 months out from DREAD CHASER, and I've gotten some awesome blurbs from some AMAZING authors. First up, from the inimitable @scalzi.com: "A wild ride through twisting storms. Dread Chaser reads like cinema. I sprinted through the pages to find out what happened next.”

COVER REVEAL! Behold, the amazing cover for my next standalone speculative mystery, THE NIGHT THAT WASN'T, my "The Last Thing He Told Me" meets "Sliding Doors" story about a woman moving between two very different versions of her life as she searches for her missing husband.

A will-they-won't-they story where both outcomes are true, THE NIGHT THAT WASN'T is a twisty tale of quantum physics, love, marriage, therapy, perimenopause, high school friendships, parenting, biracial identity, second chances, pet ownership, bullying, grudges, secrets, and of course, murder.

COVER REVEAL! Behold, the amazing cover for my next standalone speculative mystery, THE NIGHT THAT WASN'T, my "The Last Thing He Told Me" meets "Sliding Doors" story about a woman moving between two very different versions of her life as she searches for her missing husband.

It's that time again! The Barnes & Noble preorder sale is happening again, and I have TWO books up for preorder! DREAD CHASER releases January 5, 2027, and then THE NIGHT THAT WASN'T comes a few months later on April 6. Now through 9/11, Rewards Members (free!) get 25% off with code PREORDER25.

HEY #DRAGONCON PEOPLE 1. Did you know the YA Lit Track has a book club? (several actually!) 2. Did you know that my wibbly wobbly timey wimey Back-to-the-Future-inspired '80s-set mystery I'LL STOP THE WORLD is one of the YALT Book Club picks this year?

I'LL STOP THE WORLD is for anyone who was a teenager in the '80s, anyone who is a teenager now, anyone who remembers what it feels like to have EVER been a teenager, and anyone who has ever looked back on their life and thought, "what if things had been different?"

HEY #DRAGONCON PEOPLE 1. Did you know the YA Lit Track has a book club? (several actually!) 2. Did you know that my wibbly wobbly timey wimey Back-to-the-Future-inspired '80s-set mystery I'LL STOP THE WORLD is one of the YALT Book Club picks this year?

3. Did you know you can reserve a copy of the book to pick up at the con, and that it will come with custom swag? 4. Did you know that you can still attend the book club panel at 7pm on September 5 even if you HAVEN'T read the book? WELL DO I HAVE NEWS FOR YOU.

FINALLY I CAN TALK ABOUT IT. Coming April 2027, my next speculative mystery for adults, THE NIGHT THAT WASN'T, about a woman in her 40s who wakes up one morning to find herself in a totally different reality from the one in which she fell asleep.

Thanks so much to Megha Parekh and Carmen Johnson Weber, my brilliant agent Holly Root and the incomparable team at Root Literary, and everyone else who has helped turn this book from an ambitious idea into an exciting reality.

FINALLY I CAN TALK ABOUT IT. Coming April 2027, my next speculative mystery for adults, THE NIGHT THAT WASN'T, about a woman in her 40s who wakes up one morning to find herself in a totally different reality from the one in which she fell asleep.

I pitched this one to my editor as THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME meets SLIDING DOORS. It's a mystery wrapped in a quantum conundrum, dealing with the what-if questions we all ask about the paths our lives might have taken, but few ever get to explore.

FINALLY I CAN TALK ABOUT IT. Coming April 2027, my next speculative mystery for adults, THE NIGHT THAT WASN'T, about a woman in her 40s who wakes up one morning to find herself in a totally different reality from the one in which she fell asleep.

In one world, she's married to the guy she's loved since high school. In the other, they haven't seen each other since the night of their graduation, which culminated in the violent death of one of their classmates.

I am SO thrilled to finally be able to reveal the electric cover (art by the brilliant @creepcaptain.bsky.social) and official synopsis for DREAD CHASER, my post-apocalyptic/dystopian/sci-fi/horror YA debut, coming January 5, 2027 to a bookstore near you!