Please join us for our December Membership Meeting! We will gather in Meeting Room A & B at 11:00 with the general meeting called to order at 11:30 am. Come and enjoy our final gathering of the year, featuring essential updates, a celebrated local author, and a delicious holiday lunch (RSVP now closed for lunch orders).

About our guest author:

FOBL welcomes local up-and-coming author Lauren Thoman, who will discuss her latest book, You Shouldn't be Here.

Lauren Thoman writes speculative fiction featuring diverse ensemble casts for teens and adults. Her debut novel, the timeslip mystery I'll Stop the World, was selected for publication in 2023 by six-time Emmy nominee Mindy Kaling through her eponymous imprint, Mindy's Book Studio, and was named a finalist for the Tennessee Book Award in 2024. Kaling said she was "dazzled" by the genre-bending novel, which she called "unputdownable." Lauren's sophomore novel, You Shouldn't Be Here, was published in 2024 by Thomas & Mercer.

“In an age where “the same but different” often reigns supreme, Lauren Thoman unapologetically inhabits her own unconventional (and undeniably pop culture savvy) space.”

Author Lauren Thoman