Lauren was born on November 18th 1973 and is both a writer and artist with Cosmos. She started writing when she was a child. C.S.Lewis' The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe was responsible for her fascination with the fantasy world and is something she has kept with her ever since. Art is something she has only recently come to, but, with the help of a good friend, she taught herself all she needed to know in a very short period of time.

Lauren's writing and art have always been to her ways of communicating with the world, they constantly change as does she, as does everything. If she couldn't create she thinks she would probably cease to be!

Lauren's favourite books are Douglas Adams' Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy series and Clive Barker's Weaveworld; her favourite films are Twelve Monkeys, Interview With The Vampire, The Crow, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Name of the Rose, All The Little Animals, Big Blue and Monty Python & the Holy Grail. Musically her tastes encompass just about anything and everything but bands she currently listens to include Pitchshifter, Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins, Killing Joke, Nine Inch Nails, Inkubus Sukkubus, Smashmouth, Dead Can Dance, The Doors, Pink Floyd, The Beatles and David Bowie. As to her character she likes to be alone yet also likes to spend time with her friends, she loves the natural world but is also addicted to her computer, she has been a vegetarian since she was 16, has scoliosis, numbers scare her (she hates maths), she studies for the joy of it and what she wants most in this world is to visit every continent upon its great surface before she dies...

Visit Lauren's website at www.halkon.co.uk.

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