LAUREN C TEFFEAU was born and raised on the East Coast, educated in the South, and employed in the Midwest. Lauren now lives and dreams in the southwestern United States. When she was younger, she poked around in the back of wardrobes, tried to walk through mirrors, and always kept an eye out for secret passages, fairy rings, and messages from aliens. Now, she writes to cope with her ordinary existence. Blood Courier is her first novel.