Lauren M. Roy is a writer and tabletop RPG developer. Her urban fantasy series NIGHT OWLS is published by Ace Books, and her short fiction has appeared in Fireside Magazine and on Podcastle. She's written for RPGs such as Changeling: The Lost, The Trinity Continuum, Trail of Cthulhu, and A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying, and has developed books for Exalted 3rd edition, Scion, and Mage: The Ascension. Lauren is a graduate of and staff at Viable Paradise. She's been an independent bookseller and a sales rep for a Big 5 publisher, and is an avid space geek, an intermediate knitter, a decent baker, and a so-so guitar player (if only she'd practice more...)