Author: Lauren James

Lauren James is the Carnegie-longlisted British author of many Young Adult novels, including Green Rising, The Reckless Afterlife of Harriet Stoker and The Loneliest Girl in the Universe. She is a RLF Royal Fellow, freelance editor and screenwriter. Lauren is the founder of the Climate Fiction Writers League, and on the board of the Authors & Illustrators Sustainability Working Group through the Society of Authors. Her books have sold over a hundred thousand copies worldwide and been translated into six languages. The Quiet at the End of the World was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize and STEAM Children’s Book Award. Her other novels include The Next Together series, the dyslexia-friendly novella series The Watchmaker and the Duke and serialised online novel An Unauthorised Fan Treatise. She was born in 1992, and has a Masters degree from the University of Nottingham, where she studied Chemistry and Physics. Lauren is a passionate advocate of STEM further education, and many of her books feature female scientists in prominent roles. She sold the rights to her first novel when she was 21, whilst she was still at university. Her writing has been described as ‘gripping romantic sci-fi’ by the Wall Street Journal and ‘a strange, witty, compulsively unpredictable read which blows most of its new YA-suspense brethren out of the water’ by Entertainment Weekly. Lauren lives in the West Midlands and is an Arts Council grant recipient. She has written articles for numerous publications, including the Guardian, Buzzfeed, Den of Geek, The Toast, and the Children’s Writers and Artist’s Yearbook 2022. She has taught creative writing for Coventry University, WriteMentor, and Writing West Midlands.

Epilogue

thetruth-atlast.dreamwidth.com 01/08/24 Comments (15,092) Anonymous So, this essay is ten years old now and I don’t think anyone except internet conspiracy theory fans have looked at it in years. But I was reading it over, and . . . I think Gottie was lying the whole time. I don’t have any proof, and I don’t […]

Chapter 27 – Anya and Bradley Saffitz

thetruth-atlast.dreamwidth.com 02/08/15 Comments (14,111) Anonymous any comment from gottie yet? juliefox nothing from her in ages. the fbi still havent found out who she really is. Anonymous I’m still reading through the court transcripts. I thought this bit from anya’s testimony was interesting: Anya Saffitz: I solemnly state that the testimony I give in the […]

Chapter 26 – Justice is served.

@gottiewrites 09/05/15 So, as you probably saw, Rob was found guilty of all charges this afternoon. He’s going to be in prison for most of his life. I can’t really believe it. It feels like an awful dream. I’m sure some of you hate me, for my part in this. Some of you have been […]

Chapter 25 – the truth, at last.

lillyfielden.livejournal.com @gottiewrites 20/10/14 Welcome back, guys. Okay. Hopefully the scavenger hunt to find this blog has thrown off anyone who shouldn’t be seeing this. I’m tracking the IP addresses of everyone viewing this. I’ve been thinking about whether I’m going to leave the fandom now this is over, and I’ve decided that I’m not going […]

Chapter 24

THIS WEBSITE HAS BEEN SEIZED 03/09/14 Your IP address has been logged. This information can be used to identify you and your location. You may be liable for prosecution. The fact you have received this message does not preclude you from prosecution. SOCA has the capability to monitor and investigate you, and can inform your […]

Chapter 23 – Twitch Livestream

Case 2:13-cv-45524-PAD Document 4 Filed 04/05/15 Page 253 of 285 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT – EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Annotation for Exhibit J: This is the last known post by the user known as ‘gottiewrites’. Please see her witness statement for further information pertaining to the case. Below is a transcript for the ‘Twitch’ livestream […]

Chapter 22

THIS WEBSITE HAS BEEN SEIZED 02/09/14 This domain name has been seized as a part of a law enforcement operation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Defence Criminal Investigative Service, Cyber Field Office and European law enforcement agencies acting throughout Europe, Serbia, Australia, and Canada, in cooperation with Europol. In accordance with a warrant obtained […]

Chapter 21 – Overheard Conversation at Home Address

@gottiewrites 01/09/14 There’s something I never told you about the night I was hiding in Rob’s office a few days ago (see Chapter 12). I wasn’t going to say anything, but I don’t think I have a choice anymore. I heard Rob and Nathan arguing out in the corridor, before Rob came into the office. […]

Chapter 20 – Breaking News

@gottiewrites 31/08/14 No time for a proper post but I thought I should post here in case you haven’t seen the news: Nathan O’Donnell has just been declared missing. He hasn’t been seen in a few days. TV ACTOR DECLARED MISSING Nathan O’Donnell, LA resident and actor on NBC TV show Loch & Ness, hasn’t […]

Chapter 19 – Estimated Timeline of the Relationship

@gottiewrites 31/08/14 I’ve been pulling too many all-nighters recently, and need some time to get my head on straight. So here’s a post I had saved in my drafts, to tide you all over until I can get a real update written tomorrow. As I mentioned in the Introduction, it’s hard to know the exact […]