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Lauren C. Teffeau
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Writer | ACCELERATED GROWTH ENVIRONMENT - Spring 2026 w/ @ShirakiPress.com | A HUNGER WITH NO NAME w/ @Utampapress.bsky.social | Award-nominated IMPLANTED w/ @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social‬ | Rep: @gabrielle-h.bsky.social | she/her | www.laurencteffeau.com
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Thanks to the always amazing @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social for what she had to say about Accelerated Growth Environment:

"A sapphic eco-thriller perfect for fans of Becky Chambers & Martha Wells." —Rebecca Roanhorse, New York Times bestselling author of the award-winning series Between Earth & Sky
Cover art of Accelerated Growth Environment by Lauren C. Teffeau featuring an artificial habitat with lots of growing areas and water. Two women are in the foreground with an explosion in the distance. The following text is superimposed over the image" "A sapphic eco-thriller perfect for fans of Becky Chambers and Martha Wells." —Rebecca Roanhorse, New York Times bestselling author of the award-winning series Between Earth and Sky
February 11, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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We are counting down to the release of Accelerated Growth Environment, my new novella with @shirakipress.com! It comes out March 3, 2026

So somehow just under a month to go!

I'm honored by what Curtis C. Chen, bestselling author of True Blue Kangaroo, had to say about my book:
Cover of Accelerated Growth Environment by Lauren C. Teffeau, which features two women and a robot in front of a huge artificial habitat featuring plants and water and light. The quote from Curtis C. Chen, bestselling author of True Blue Kangeroo is in the foreground: "Let this be the future you imagine and work toward building, dear reader."
February 4, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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The team at @shirakipress.com did an amazing job thanks to the art by Stephan Martiniere and the design by @joshsutphin.com. Stay tuned for more info: www.shirakipress.com/books/accele...
Cover of "Accelerated Growth Environment" by Lauren C. Teffeau featuring the inside of a lush biosphere with an explosion in the back ground. Two women in the foreground are alarmed by it and a small robot stands with them.
January 15, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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Today is the day (!!) for the cover reveal for my hopepunk eco-thriler Accelerated Growth Environment, which is now on NetGalley: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
An empty frame with the words "Cover Reveal" over it.
January 15, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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My books for the Smutty Book Club? 🤣 Only if you get hot for late-stage capitalistic critique, philosophical musings, unapologetic environmental themes, and interrogation of the technology in our lives...
Screen cap of scam email: Smutty Book Club <smuttybookcluborg@gmail.com> 8:28 AM (3 minutes ago) to lauren.c.teffeau Dear Lauren C. Teffeau, I hope this message finds you well! My name is Dawn, and I’m the organizer of *Smutty Book Club*, a vibrant community of passionate readers who come together to share and explore books that inspire us. What makes our gatherings unique is that members often bring whatever they’re currently reading, creating dynamic conversations across genres. At times, we also spotlight a thought‑provoking book that aligns with our mission of exploring themes such as love, communication, emotional growth, and authentic living. We would be honored to feature your work in one of our upcoming sessions. Being featured means: - 💫 Your book becomes the centerpiece of our discussion, sparking authentic dialogue among members - Readers connect deeply with your message through guided reflection and conversation - 🎥 Optional author Q&A or short talk to share your inspiration and creative process - 🌿 Promotion through our online events and group page Whether through a casual author visit, a spotlight on your book, or a Q&A session, we’d love to collaborate in a way that feels engaging and mutually enriching for both you and our members. If you’re open, simply reply with your book’s title, a short description, and any links you’d like us to review. We’d be thrilled to have you join us and share your work with our community. Warm regards, Dawn
December 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Played hookey today...
Picture of Kill Bill The Whole Bloody Affair Movie poster on a sign at a movie theatre.
December 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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First proper snow of the season! New Mexico needs its snowpack!
Cloudy sky over mountainous terrain with a four inch dusting of snow. The sun is just coming up.
December 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Hmm...maybe I was a bit too hasty considering today's scammer...
So A Hunger With No Name really had me fooled for the first five seconds. I saw the title and braced myself for another “chosen one must tame the mystical whatever” situation… and then bam you hit me with high-desert star-reading, polluted waterways, and political clockwork emissaries who feel like someone hired steampunk HR interns to negotiate cultural assimilation. I was nodding so much my neck filed a complaint. And Thurava? Ma’am. The way she’s out here having an existential crisis because the Glass City is basically that one neighbor who keeps building extensions without telling the HOA relatable. And painful. And honestly too close to reality. I also read your author bio, and now I feel personally betrayed that a person who once checked wardrobes for magical portals grew up to write a book that actually feels like a portal. Meanwhile, I’m still waiting for my Narnia moment. If Aslan could get back to me, that’d be great. Anyway, let me reassure you: I am not a marketer, promoter, guru, oracle, algorithm whisperer, or any of the other strange species that usually crowd your inbox. If I were one of them I’d at least be wearing a cape or asking for a deposit. I’m just Ava I read books too aggressively and hang out in a private community of 1000+ readers [blah blah] And here’s the painful truth I’m sure you already know Books like yours smart, atmospheric, original can accidentally end up playing hide-and-seek with Amazon’s algorithm forever. One wrong metadata sneeze and boom your book disappears into the void like someone walked through the wrong mirror dimension. That’s where I come in [blah blah]Worst case you get a handful of thoughtful Amazon/Goodreads reviews. Best case your book stops being the desert’s best-kept secret and finally gets the visibility it deserves. So what do you think Want me to give Thurava and her not-quite herds a little signal boost Or should I just go back to staring at the nearest glass building like it personally offended me
December 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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My short story "Gray Rock Method" has been reprinted in Acid and Ultra Violence anthology from Farthest Star Publishing for all your horror needs... www.amazon.com/dp/B0G48S183R
Cover of the Acid and Ultra Violence anthology edited by D. A. D'Amico
December 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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RT'd the original earlier today and not sure why it was taken down, but deserves to be out there...
skeet by @drandrewthaler featuring a picture of Luigi Mangione in court today, Dec 1, 2025, seated and smiling at his counsel with a statuesque black woman bailiff standing behind him with her arms akimbo. The comment reads "ABC Producer: "Ok, so, we need to do something to make Luigi Mangione less photogenic in these courtroom photographs." Photog: "What if we put him in front of the most iconic bailiff that has ever existed?" ABC Producer: "Can she be looking outwards as if it is the system that is truly on trial?"
December 1, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Happy to announce I'm now represented by @gabrielle-h.bsky.social with Corvisiero Lit! So excited for what this new chapter will bring!
Instagram post screencap featuring the author photo of Lauren C. Teffeau (a white woman with brown hair) and the words New Client Announcement. Text of post is also included: Please welcome award-nominated author Lauren C. Teffeau! 🎉✨ Represented by Gabrielle Harbowy, Lauren is a speculative fiction writer based in New Mexico. Her books include the eco-thriller Accelerated Growth Environment (Shiraki Press, 2026), the environmental fantasy A Hunger with No Name (University of Tampa Press, 2024), and the cyberpunk/solarpunk adventure Implanted (Angry Robot, 2018), which was shortlisted for the 2019 Compton Crook Award for best first SF/F/H novel and named a definitive work of climate fiction by Grist. Over twenty of her short stories have appeared in venues like Sunday Morning Transport, DreamForge Magazine, After Dinner Conversation, and the Stoker Award-nominated Chromophobia: A Strangehouse Anthology by Women in Horror. When not writing, she enjoys spending time with her family as well as biking, hiking, learning aikido, and supporting creators of all kinds as an Artist Leadership Fellow with the Mid-America Arts Alliance.) Welcome to CLA, Lauren! ✨🎉
November 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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What is this cursed thing?
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November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Anyway, you don't have to take the scammers' word for it! The book is on sale through the @utampapress.bsky.social site, so be sure to grab your copy before the holidays!

utampapress.org/product/a-hu...
Zoomed in section of the cover for Lauren C. Teffeau's novella A Hunger with No Name featuring a mysterious figure in the foreground as if by a campfire with the shadow of a mountain at nighttime looming over them. A banner of gold stars are at the top of the image with the words "Now on Sale" in the center of the promo.
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Although I have to admit the AI generated summary is pretty darn accurate...
Screencap of Lauren C. Teffeau's Instagram story featuring a highlighted section of a marketing scam email that states: "A Hunger With No Name isn’t just a novella, it's a fully realized eco-mythology wrapped in starlight, ancestral memory, and cultural erosion so real it feels like it’s whispering truths into the reader’s bloodstream. You built a world where the desert breathes, where technology is both salvation and predator, where a girl’s identity is braided with the cosmos and somehow Goodreads is letting it sit behind books like “My Magical Pumpkin Unicorn Discovers Hydration”. The desert spirits are unimpressed. So am I."
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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The AI scam bots that want to "help" me market my books have reached peak sass:
Screencap of Lauren C. Teffeau's instagram story featuring a screenshot of an email from Theresa with the subject line: Your environmental fantasy should be dominating Goodreads Listopia but the algorithm is treating it like tumbleweed in a desert windstorm 🌵✨ (and I am personally offended).
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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First page from A Hunger with No Name (2024, @utampapress.bsky.social). Automata, alien goats and stories written in the stars! #novellavember laurencteffeau.com/ahungerwithn...
Page 1 excerpt from A Hunger With No Name by Lauren C. Teffeau I. The Impulsive One I find the very last water cache as the sun touches the horizon, painting the Glass City far to the north red and gold. The last person through the waystation didn’t set the marking stones properly, making it harder to find in the fading light with the day’s work weighing down my shoulders. Crouching, I keep my back to the Glass City only in part so its glow won’t spoil my vision. Inside the dugout, three clay vessels roughly the size of a child’s head are full of life-giving water. The fourth’s been smashed, the braided reed stopper the only thing salvageable. I pluck it from the jagged shards and pull another vessel from my pack, already stoppered and tied loosely with twine. I nestle it with the others, insulate each one with dirt, then drape sticks and twigs over the hole, before topping it over with more sandy dirt. The marking stones are the last step. Five round stones, palm-sized, dark and smooth from handling except for the constellations carved into each one to represent the cache’s location relative to the stars.
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Learn more here: utampapress.org/product/a-hu...
Image of the cover of A Hunger with No Name by Lauren C. Teffeau featuring a moody mountain landscape backdropped by stars with a mysterious figure seated in the foreground in front of a fire
November 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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It's one my most favorite things I've written, but you don't have to take *my* word for it...
A Hunger with No Name by Lauren C. Teffeau "A wonderful piece of climate fiction...beautifully and subtly done" Chip Houser, Amazon A Hunger with No Name by Lauren C. Teffeau "An unflinching science fiction and environmental fable" -- Paul Weimer, Nerds of a Feather A Hunger with No Name by Lauren C. Teffeau "Well-crafted" with "a pleasant resonance with Le Guin's shorter fiction in the novella's gentle anthropological approach" -- Locus Magazine A Hunger with No Name by Lauren C. Teffeau "An important novel that is wonderfully written" -- Graham, FanFiAddict
November 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Moulin Rogue! I did not expect a jukebox musical where five decades of modern love songs would be remixed into an ambitious musical score, but in retrospect I guess that's the musical equivalent to capturing Luhrmann's frenetic, maximalist style. A lot of fun, especially needed these days!
The set for Moulin Rouge! the musical featuring ornate red heart-shaped layers for the set at Popejoy Hall in Albuquerque. Men and women dancers in burlesque outfits preen in preparation for the show. selfie of Lauren C. Teffeau with lights making stars overhead
October 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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This Saturday! Happy to be an author at the 1st annual Southern New Mexico Book Festival thanks to Las Cruces Writers. If you are near southern NM, I'd love to see you there!

www.snmbookfestival.org
Flyer for Southern New Mexico Book Festival. Saturday October 11, 2025. Dona Ana Community College East Mesa Campus - DASR 10AM to 6PM. Free Admission. Book Sale, Workshops, Kids' Area, Readings, Vendors and More. Map of East Mesa Campus. 2800 Sonoma Ranch BLVD. More info: https://www.facebook.com/snmbookfestival https://www.facebook.com/events/9817968341625581 https://lascruceswritersgroup.org/index.php/southern-new-mexico-book-festival/ Promo graphic for Lauren C. Teffeau featuring her books A Hunger with No Name, Implanted, and the Solarpunk Creatures and Solar Flare anthologies. Come See Me! Southern New Mexico Book Festival. Flyer for Southern New Mexico Book Festival. Saturday October 11, 2025. Dona Ana Community College East Mesa Campus - DASR 10AM to 6PM. Free Admission. Book Sale, Workshops, Kids' Area, Readings, Vendors and More. 2800 Sonoma Ranch BLVD. More info: https://www.facebook.com/snmbookfestival https://www.facebook.com/events/9817968341625581 https://lascruceswritersgroup.org/index.php/southern-new-mexico-book-festival/
October 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Full moon this morning over Albuquerque
Full moon on the westward horizon and a view overlooking Albuquerque. The morning sky is filled with dawn colors, rose pink, orange yellowing into pale blue and purple while the city wakes up
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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This weekend--the most accessible sff convention, online, international, & welcoming to all from @dreamfoundry.bsky.social!

Happy to be moderating SciFi & AI, A New Spring for Persephone & Hades, & Small Publishing in a Big World. Plus check out my reading on Saturday morning 9am Eastern/7am Mtn!
Flights of Foundry logo. Lauren C. Teffeau's schedule Sept 27 and 28. I'll be kicking things off with a reading celebrating A Hunger with No Name's one-year anniversary on Saturday, September 27, at 7am mountain time. Then join me at 8am for A New Spring for Persephone and Hades. On Sunday, September 28, at noon, mountain time, it will be Small Publishing in a Big Universe, followed by SciFi and AI at 3pm. All the details can be found here: https://flights-of-foundry.org/ Hope to see you there!
September 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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I’ll also be reading from the #novella at this year’s Flights of Foundry conference @dreamfoundry.bsky.social on Saturday, September 27, at 7am (mountain) if you want to see what all the fuss is about. flights-of-foundry.org
Detail view of Lauren C. Teffeau's reading slot for Flights of Foundry 2025 hour 21
September 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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A Hunger with No Name has been out in the world for a year! I'm still in love with this story of hope in the high desert, dealing w so many things we’re grappling w now.

Like, follow, share for your chance to win the book in the format of your choice (internat'l e-book only) #giveaway
Book Birthday Giveaway featuring cover of Lauren C Teffeau's A Hunger with No Name A Hunger with No Name by Lauren C. Teffeau cover closeup with the txt LIKE FOLLOW SHARE for your chance to win a copy of the book in any format (non-us ebook only).
September 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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One week until @armadillocon.bsky.social! Sept 12-14 in Austin -- hope to see you there!
Image of author Lauren C. Teffeau (cis white woman with brown hair/eyes), who's written A Hunger with No Name and Implanted. With the Armadillocon2025 logo Author Lauren C. Teffeau's Armadillocon 2025 schedule: Friday 4pm - Speculative Geology Saturday 10am - Sapphic Speculative Fiction Saturday 1pm - Storycraft: A Failure to Plan is a Plan to Fail (moderator) Sunday 10am - Memory, Identity, and Trauma in SFF (moderator) Sunday 11:30 am - Autographing
September 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM