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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 25/09/2026

Thank you so much! She was very easy to talk to, and the audience was so wonderfully responsive.

Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 09/09/2026

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.

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 28/08/2026

Also psst if you’re a trad pub author who writes in an overlapping genre (anything speculative/sci-fi/mystery/thriller or roundabouts) and are interested in reading with an eye toward blurbing, and you’ve got immediate availability, I would love to send it to you! Just LMK!

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 28/08/2026

It's got time travel and pop culture references, a main character with raging unmedicated ADHD, solid friendships, a sweet sapphic love story, a small town scandal, found family, at least one dead body, and plenty of '80s nostalgia. I hope I'll see you at the con!

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 28/08/2026

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?"

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 28/08/2026

I'm closing preorders TOMORROW NIGHT to allow the bookstore time to stock up. They will also have a limited number of copies available for purchase at DC on a first-come, first-served basis. But if you want to guarantee you'll get one, the best way is to fill out this form to reserve your copy:

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DragonCon Preorders for Lauren Thoman

Reserve your copy of I'll Stop the World and/or You Shouldn't Be Here by Lauren Thoman for pickup during DragonCon 2026. Both books are available in hardcover or paperback. I'll Stop the World is a ...

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 28/08/2026

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.

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 28/08/2026

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?

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 28/08/2026

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 27/08/2026

Cover, official blurb, and preorder info coming soon! (Also if you’re a trad author and are interested in reading with an eye toward blurbing, and you’re fast, I would love to send it to you! Just LMK!)

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 27/08/2026

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.

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 27/08/2026

Writing this was so fun—I got to include so many things that interest me: quantum theory, perimenopause, therapy and mental health, parenting, friendships, dogs, cats, memory, and so much more—and I'm so thrilled to finally be able to speak openly about it.

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 27/08/2026

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.

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 27/08/2026

When her husband goes missing, she must put together clues from both versions of her life in order to find him. The more she looks, the more she becomes convinced it all has to do with that night 25 years ago, when they either kissed for the first time, or walked away from each other for good.

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 27/08/2026

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.

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 27/08/2026

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.

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 23/08/2026

Turns out comic book villains actually aren’t evil *enough*

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 23/08/2026

Among other reasons, it devalues humanity, poisons the environment, dulls our critical thinking, contributes to misinformation, disregards consent, exploits children, steals art, and just generally makes the world worse.

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 23/08/2026

Welp that may actually have been the most terrifying book I’ve ever read.

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 18/08/2026

So excited for this one! Congratulations @chuckwendig.bsky.social on birthing another deliciously chonky creepy book baby!

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 16/08/2026

I’d be honored to be added to the lexicon

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 16/08/2026

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, as someone who left evangelicalism for precisely these reasons.

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 16/08/2026

That’s so disappointing on many levels.

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 16/08/2026

I’ll happily accept my honorary dual citizenship

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 15/08/2026

I am not, but I do appreciate much of their wordsmithing.

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 15/08/2026

Turns out when you deep dive the development and functionality of genAI, you realize very quickly that under the shiny hood, it's all just a pile of steaming hot garbage.

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 15/08/2026

Thank you for letting me know, should be fixed now!

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 15/08/2026

I’m so tired of genAI apologists telling me I only hate it because I don’t understand it. I hate it *because* I understand it, you absolute toenail.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 11/08/2026

In Ankara, Trump boarded the old AF1 jumbo jet in view of tv cameras. He was secretly shuttled minutes later to a smaller plane — Air Force C-32A — via airport catering truck typically used to load meals and other supplies preflight, according to a US official and material reviewed by The Post.

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Contradicting public statements, Trump took secret flight from Turkey amid Iranian threat

The White House said the president was aboard Air Force One as he left a NATO summit. Instead, his departure included an elaborate ruse that concealed his travel.

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 11/07/2026

I REALLY love this wrap, since it shows the ruins on the left which gives context for the giant tornado on the cover. Shows that it's not just the weather, but the world that is volatile. Such a great design.

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 01/07/2026

You thought those people who climbed the Empire State Building were flying high today, but nope, surprise, it's me, I'm over the moon.

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 18/06/2026

Thank you for all your fantastic work!

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 17/06/2026

I hope you'll come along with me for this adrenaline-fueled story of a boy, his dog, a bunch of monsters, and a world that has just about had it with humanity. Preorders are available now, and I'd also love if you'd add DREAD CHASER on Goodreads, Storygraph, or the reading app of your choice!

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Dread Chaser — Lauren Thoman - Author

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 h...

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 17/06/2026

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!

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 13/05/2026

I'm guessing they don't care as long as AI companies are paying the big bucks

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 13/05/2026

Assuming they give residents a chance to voice their opinions at all.

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 13/05/2026

Hard to pick a favorite horrific detail from this article but I think this one is mine:

Screenshot that reads: "Poor Cybertruck sales mean that only 173 of the stainless steel pickup trucks will actually need to be recalled.

Ahead of the vehicle’s launch, Musk predicted that Tesla would be selling 250,000 Cybertrucks annually by 2025. The actual figure turned out to be just over 20,000 Cybertrucks sold last year."

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 13/05/2026

Reminder that genAI companies don’t care what you use it FOR, whether it’s generating CSA imagery or propaganda or novel-length works, or if you “just” use it to organize notes or “research” or write emails. They just care that you use it. And the more you use it, the more this will keep happening.

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 21/04/2026

TRAD PUB AUTHORS: We're almost at the point where we're ready to start soliciting blurbs for DREAD CHASER, so if you'd be interested in an early read of my YA post-apocalyptic bounty hunter adventure with monsters, shady government conspiracies, found family, and a Very Good Dog, please let me know!

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

The WSJ is reporting that AI, specifically Claude, was used in targeting for the attacks by the Epstein Empire. That would mean the use of AI led directly to the massacre of 115 schoolchildren and 20 volleyball players. www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

Commands around the world, including U.S. Central Command in the Middle East, use Anthropic’s Claude AI tool, people familiar with the matter confirmed. Centcom declined to comment about specific systems being used in its ongoing operation against Iran.

The command uses the tool for intelligence assessments, target identification and simulating battle scenarios even as tension between the company and Pentagon ratcheted up, the people said, highlighting how embedded the AI tools are in military operations.

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Gwrach Gymraeg @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

A joint statement by data protection authorities from around the world about the dangers of LLM-generated deepfakes ico.org.uk/media2/fb1br...

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Reuters @reuters.com · 19/02/2026

Actor Michelle Yeoh unveiled her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. She thanked her fellow colleagues for their support and her family, including her parents.

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Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 16/02/2026

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is continuing to fuel its data centers with unpermitted gas turbines, according to a @floodlightnews.org visual investigation. Thermal drone footage shows xAI is still burning gas at a facility in Southaven, Miss., near Memphis.

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'A different set of rules': Thermal drone footage shows Musk's AI power plant flouts clean air rules • Tennessee Lookout

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company continues to fuel its data centers with unpermitted gas turbines, according to a Floodlight investigation.

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 16/02/2026

Authors, show me your tattoos to commemorate your books! Did you do covers? A symbolic image? Quotes? Something abstract? I think I'm going to start one that I add onto with each book and would love some ideas.

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 16/02/2026

My phone insists on autocorrecting to Withering Heights every single time and you know what, I'm good with that

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 16/02/2026

You can tell I'm coming up on my deadline because instead of working on EITHER book I'm supposed to turn in soon, I'm back over here trying to make Bluesky work again.

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