Preorder Last Seen Online for goodies!

The novel for ‘An Unauthorized Fan Treatise’ is now up for preorder! If you’re in the UK, you can get a goody bag of signed merch by preordering. I’m so excited by all the love for this book already, so I wanted to do something special to count down to release day!

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• COVENTRY – 9th June, 14th July – Queer Writers workshops
• EDINBURGH – 13th August – Chairing Alice Oseman at Edinburgh Book Festival
• EDINBURGH – 21st August – Future Hopes with LR Lam and Tola Okogwu at Edinburgh Book Festival Schools programme
• EDINBURGH – 21st August – Internet Sleuthing for Beginners at Edinburgh Book Festival Schools programme

Here are some early reviews:

✨ Unputdownable stories, morally grey characters you can’t help but love, and twists you’ll never see coming: Lauren James’s books are addictive nosedives into everything from space exploration to parasocial obsession – Alice Oseman

✨ Insanely addictive. ― Laura Steven

✨ Last Seen Online is the perfect read for anyone who has ever fallen deep down an internet rabbit hole. A wild trip into the world of fandom, social media and true crime, you will NOT be able to put this book down. Lauren James has cemented her place as one of the most innovative writers in YA right now – I will read anything she writes. ― Laura Wood

✨ There’s nothing out there quite like LAST SEEN ONLINE; it is completely addictive and utterly genius and I loved every second of reading it – Sarah Underwood

✨ I inhaled this book. Utterly compelling, very clever, and a thrill ride of a read. My favorite Lauren James book yet. – Katherine Webber

✨ This book is a wild ride and I loved every minute of it. ― Sara Barnard

A contemporary YA murder mystery set in sun-drenched LA, for fans of Malibu Rising, We Were Liars and A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder.

The novel of Lauren James’ hugely popular online story An Unauthorized Fan Treatise.

When Delilah meets Sawyer Saffitz (son of the Anya Saffitz, aka Hollywood royalty), she becomes hooked on a decade-old scandal. In her quest for the truth, Delilah uncovers blogposts written by the mysterious “gottiewrites” and is soon caught up in a world of greed, fandom conspiracy theories … and murder. And the deeper Delilah digs, the more dangerous it becomes – because someone is willing to kill to hide the truth.

Word count: 75,000 Aimed at ages 13+

Publishing in August 2024 by Walker Books in the UK and Australia

You might have also seen the news that a character created by me will be played by Jonathan Bailey in Season 3 of Heartstopper! In the writer’s room, we simply could not resist the sweetness of Charlie and Nick meeting a celeb crush. And this casting is so perfect that it’s like he stepped right off the page. Jonathan Bailey!!!!! My life goals have officially been smashed out of the park!!!! Could not have picked a better person to play the first of my characters to appear on-screen!! I got to visit set to watch him bring Mr Maddox to life, and you’re in for a treat. (We’ve changed his name to Jack, for dog-related reasons – Henry the pug got there first!) You can read a mini-comic about Jack Maddox here.

I’ve also written the text for the official Heartstopper character cards (September 2024). Featuring Alice Oseman’s artwork and behind-the-scenes details, you’ll find all your favourite characters in this official Heartstopper deck, as well as conversation cards to help you explore essential themes raised by the books and Netflix series – including Pride, Allyship, Gender and Identity.

My favourite part was deciding with Alice what each character’s love language is. 🤭

Fill out this form to receive a signed postcard of character art for Last Seen Online – open to anyone in the UK who preorders the book before 1st August 2024.