Lauren Algeo (1985 - ) was born in England and currently lives in Kent with her husband. She graduated from Greenwich University with a First-class honours degree in Graphic Design and works for a design agency in London Bridge. Lauren is the best-selling author of The Hikers Trilogy – a horror/thriller series about one man's struggle to defeat a family of mind-controlling assassins, and the people he meets along the way. Hikers Part One: Power was published in 2013, followed by Part Two: Passion in 2014 and Part Three: Politics in 2015. There are also two accompanying novels to the Hikers Trilogy: Brewer's Journal (published in 2014) and Georgie's Story (2015). Lauren has two collections of short horror stories, Survive The Night (2014) and Fear The Night (2017), a standalone romance thriller, The Perfect Date (2013), and a story in charity anthology, Eye of Fear (2016). Lauren is obsessed with books and films, particularly anything horror-related. Her favourite author is Stephen King and she loves watching TV shows like American Horror Story, Sense8 and Game of Thrones. She has an Alaskan Shepherd, called Opie, who she blogs about at opieandus.wordpress.com. She is also a trustee of The Chris Aked Foundation, a charity providing support and experiences to children whose families are dealing with cancer and other life affecting illnesses. All proceeds from Fear The Night go to the foundation, and you can follow them @akedarmy or www.facebook.com/akedarmy. Join the 'Lauren Algeo Author' Facebook page for more information: www.facebook.com/HikersTrilogy or follow her on Twitter: @laurenalgeo (https://twitter.com/LaurenAlgeo)