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Lauren C. Teffeau
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Speculative fiction writer | New Book - Spring 2026 w/ @ShirakiPress.com | A HUNGER WITH NO NAME w/ @Utampapress.bsky.social | Award-nominated IMPLANTED w/ @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social‬ | The future is now | she/her | www.laurencteffeau.com
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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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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!

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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
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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
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My schedule for Bubonicion this weekend in Albuquerque! All things SFF and more: www.bubonicon.com Hope to see you there!
Bubonicon 56 - Albuquerque New Mexico's Annual SFF Convention Friday (Aug 22) 6:30-7:15pm -- 45 Minutes with Lauren C. Teffeau I’ll be previewing my new project with Shiraki Press so please come hear me! Saturday (Aug 23) 10am-10:50am – Tomorrow Never Knows: Designing the Future World (Moderator) Given today’s tech and an idea of what is coming, how would our panelists design the future world if they had the power? What are some of the world-changing technologies that are here now or that are coming that could transform the world? Are they likely to change things for good or ill? What are the hurdles to embracing new tech? Saturday (Aug 23) 3pm-3:50pm – Getting into My Headspace: Time to Create Whether an author, an artist or a composer, most people need to get into the proper frame of mind to create. What are some of the panelists’ rituals and preparations? Are there certain places and/or times that work better? What about music? Can our panelists listen to music while writing or doing art? With or without lyrics? Can our panelists have people around them or do they need to be isolated? Same thing for the TV being on – is it a distraction or just background noise? What is the ideal way to create? Is there such a thing? Saturday (Aug 23) 4:35-5:30pm -- Mass Autographing Session Sunday (Aug 24) 10-10:50am – You Can Do Magic: What do Mages/Scientists Owe Their Societies Sometimes knowledge, be it a technological advance or a magical breakthrough, comes at a steep price. The Faustian scientist or obsessive alchemist often discovers double-edged or even dangerous devices, from nuclear weaponry to demonic contracts. Are they responsible for ensuring their discoveries are used for good rather than evil? What moral obligations do the mad scientist or the mage owe their societies? Why? Can they be enforced?
August 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Had a fantastic #worldcon! Some action shots from my reading and panels and more to explore over on instagram: www.instagram.com/p/DNi9UTRp9CQ
Bruisers writing group with Curtis C. Chen, Lauren Hougen, Fran Wilde, Lauren C. Teffeau, and Kelly Lagor, standing for a group photo in front of the cloudy Seattle waterfront photo of Lauren C. Teffeau, a brown-haired, white woman in glasses, posing before her reading at Seattle Worldcon 2025. Her book A Hunger with No Name is on the table next to her, and a screen providing live captioning reads "In fact, oh, thank you. I don't look like a Frankenstein." Action shot of the Digital Surveillance panel at Seattle Worldcon 2025 featuring Lauren C. Teffeau mid-response, seated next to Ray Naylor. action shot of Lauren C. Teffeau, moderator of the Phutre of Phones panel at Seattle Worldcon
August 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Today's the day! I'll be at Worldcon through Sunday. Hope to see you at my reading this afternoon where I'll be previewing my new book with Shiraki Press and reading from A Hunger with No Name, or at any of my panels, or, of course, in the halls!
Seattle Worldcon 2025 logo and schedule for Lauren C. Teffeau: Thursday (Aug 14) 4:30pm-5:00pm -- Reading: Lauren C. Teffeau I’ll be reading from A Hunger with No Name and previewing my new project with @shirakipress! Friday (Aug 15) 10:30am-11:30am -- Big Brother Is Watching: Science Fiction and Surveillance From Captain Janeway endorsing illegal surveillance of her crew, to Philip K. Dick's surveillance dystopia in A Scanner Darkly, the genre has an ambiguous relationship to privacy. As real-world technology (and social media) bring a panopticon to the real world, how has science fiction grappled with surveillance? Friday (Aug 15) 4:30pm-5:30pm Autographs Saturday (Aug 16) 9:00am-10:00am -- Advice I Would Give My Past Writer Self All the things authors would tell their past selves to smooth out the bumpy road to publication. Equal parts inspiration, sage wisdom, and hilarious missteps that we still shake our heads about, this event will either fortify your resolve to be a writer, or leave you looking for the nearest exit ramp. Saturday (Aug 16) 1:30pm-2:30pm -- You're Looking at It: The Phuture of Phones (Moderator) You are likely reading this on a device with more computing power than existed in the state of Washington in the 1960s. It is a better camera, movie camera, and clock than were readily available. And it is a better phone than the President had. So what more is left? Where does personal electronics go from here. Our panelists will answer the call on the phuture of phones. Sunday (Aug 17) 9:00am-10:00am -- When Low Tech is the Right Tech In both "the real world" and in writing, there are times when High Tech isn't right for the job. How do you see when Low/Alt Tech is a better choice, and how do you add it to your life and/or writing?
August 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Just a few days now... Come hear my writing advice and thoughts about tech on my panels or listen to me read from my environmental fantasy A Hunger with No Name with a bonus preview of my next project with Shiraki Press! Hope to see you there!
Lauren C. Teffeau's Seattle Worldcon 2025 schedule: Thursday (Aug 14) 4:30pm-5:00pm -- Reading: Lauren C. Teffeau I’ll be reading from A Hunger with No Name and previewing my new project with @shirakipress! Friday (Aug 15) 10:30am-11:30am -- Big Brother Is Watching: Science Fiction and Surveillance From Captain Janeway endorsing illegal surveillance of her crew, to Philip K. Dick's surveillance dystopia in A Scanner Darkly, the genre has an ambiguous relationship to privacy. As real-world technology (and social media) bring a panopticon to the real world, how has science fiction grappled with surveillance? Friday (Aug 15) 4:30pm-5:30pm Autographs Saturday (Aug 16) 9:00am-10:00am -- Advice I Would Give My Past Writer Self All the things authors would tell their past selves to smooth out the bumpy road to publication. Equal parts inspiration, sage wisdom, and hilarious missteps that we still shake our heads about, this event will either fortify your resolve to be a writer, or leave you looking for the nearest exit ramp. Saturday (Aug 16) 1:30pm-2:30pm -- You're Looking at It: The Phuture of Phones (Moderator) You are likely reading this on a device with more computing power than existed in the state of Washington in the 1960s. It is a better camera, movie camera, and clock than were readily available. And it is a better phone than the President had. So what more is left? Where does personal electronics go from here. Our panelists will answer the call on the phuture of phones. Sunday (Aug 17) 9:00am-10:00am -- When Low Tech is the Right Tech In both "the real world" and in writing, there are times when High Tech isn't right for the job. How do you see when Low/Alt Tech is a better choice, and how do you add it to your life and/or writing?
August 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Just two (!) weeks out from Worldcon in Seattle! I'm on a number of panels and have a reading slot where I'll be reading from A Hunger with No Name and previewing my new project with Shiraki Press! Hope to see you there!
Seattle Worldcon retro future logo - August 13-17, 2025 Thursday (Aug 14) 4:30pm-5:00pm -- Reading: Lauren C. Teffeau I’ll be reading from A Hunger with No Name and previewing my new project with Shiraki Press so please come hear me! Friday (Aug 15) 10:30am-11:30am -- Big Brother Is Watching: Science Fiction and Surveillance From Captain Janeway endorsing illegal surveillance of her crew, to Philip K. Dick's surveillance dystopia in A Scanner Darkly, the genre has an ambiguous relationship to privacy. As real-world technology (and social media) bring a panopticon to the real world, how has science fiction grappled with surveillance? Friday (Aug 15) 4:30pm-5:30pm Autographs Saturday (Aug 16) 9:00am-10:00am -- Advice I Would Give My Past Writer Self A panelist discussion on all the things authors would tell their past selves to smooth out the bumpy road to publication. Equal parts inspiration, sage wisdom, and hilarious missteps that we still shake our heads about, this event will either fortify your resolve to be a writer, or leave you looking for the nearest exit ramp. Saturday (Aug 16) 1:30pm-2:30pm -- You're Looking at It (Moderator) You are likely reading this on a device with more computing power than existed in the state of Washington in the 1960s. It is a better camera, movie camera, and clock than were readily available. And it is a better phone than the President had. So what more is left? Where does personal electronics go from here. Our panelists will answer the call on the phuture of phones. Sunday (Aug 17) 9:00am-10:00am -- When Low Tech is the Right Tech In both "the real world" and in writing, there are times when High Tech isn't right for the job. How do you see when Low/Alt Tech is a better choice, and how do you add it to your life and/or writing?
July 31, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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New review of A Hunger with No Name just dropped! 🤩 More about the book here: laurencteffeau.com/ahungerwithn...
Lani Rene Longshore gave it 5.0 out of 5 stars The Cost of Freedom: a review of A Hunger With No Name Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2025 I had a chance to read A Hunger With No Name while on vacation. Teffeau's serious, though-provoking short novel gave my holiday deeper meaning as her protagonist made choices and lived with the consequences, as well as the consequences of choices made for her. I found the theme of hope in the midst of despair ultimately uplifting and encouraging. As with all great science fiction, Teffeau has highlighted issues that confront us in the real world and presented a possible outcome, while also showing the range of choices available to us here and now.
May 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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A belated recap of my trip to see the Biosphere2 just north of Tuscon over Spring Break. I read all about it when doing research for my novel Implanted and loved being able to see it firsthand: www.instagram.com/p/DJwiTRwRqXr/
Interior image of Biosphere2 featuring steel lattaced walls and windows and triangular panels of glass separating the photographer from the conservatory-like space beyond full of plants and growing areas with the sun shining in. A picture of Lauren C. Teffeau, a brown-haired white woman, standing in front of the Biosphere2 sign on the Biosphere2 campus and smiling. The sign shows a wideangle view of the futuristic facility.
May 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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The Colorado Springs Book Bash is this weekend with so many amazing authors! I hope to see you there! www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-sprin...
Logo of the 2025 Colorado Springs Book Bash featuring leaves and a quill and the list of 40+ names of participating authors.
April 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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The world is on fire, but spring break still happened -- a road trip through New Mexico and Arizona. More at instagram: www.instagram.com/p/DH_TLHfsvu-/
The interior of Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. Dozens of stalactites and stalagmites illuminated by lights. shot of 5 saguaro cacti against a brilliant blue cloudless ski Lauren C. Teffeau (a 5ft8in tall woman) standing in front of and nearly eclipsed by a mature saguaro cactus towering over her View of El Capitan Pass in Arizona. Rolling scrub brush and rangeland with mountains in the distance, a brilliant blue sky streaked with white clouds.
April 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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🔥 flames on the side of my face 🔥
Screencap of the Atlantic's search feature to see if authors have their work pirated by the LibGen database that Meta pirated to build their AI plagiarism machine. Search box includes the text "Lauren Teffeau" and the results set includes Teffeau's novel Implanted as well as a scholarly research article "Strategies for Institutional Repository Development: A Case Study of Three Evolving Initiatives" by Carole L. Palmer, Lauren C. Teffeau, and Mark P. Newton.
March 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Latest @m@zon review for A Hunger with No Name 😍 amzn.to/47uggRk
Screen cap of 5 star Amazon Review from BW: Stories are essential! Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2025 An exquisite, soul-reflecting modern fable, Thurava's adventure places the continued existence of her people and way of life on a scale with progress for progress' sake, and no one remains unchanged. Strains of the ecological and moral - not to mention the creative - principles of creators like L'Engle, Miyazaki, and Tolkien sing proudly through a tale that demonstrates why storytelling is more important than ever. Book cover image of Lauren C. Teffeau's A Hunger with No Name featuring a mountain backdropped by a starry night sky. A shadowed figure sits in the foreground lit as if from a fire.
March 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Scenes from my joint book event with @sarenaulibarri.bsky.social at @bkwrks.bsky.social! A great convo thanks to Sarena, a great crowd, and a lot of gratitude on my part. Thanks to everyone who came out!
Bookworks sign placard that says EVENT Thursday February 6th Lauren C. Teffeau and Sarena Ulibarri to celebrate their new books A Hunger with No Name and Steel Tree Authors Sarena Ulilbarri and Lauren C. Teffeau seated before a southwest style fireplace in Bookworks bookstore. Author Sarena Ulibarri animatedly and thoughtfully answering a question. She wears a colorful dinosaur dress. Another view of authors Sarena Ulibarri and Lauren C. Teffeau as Lauren answers a question.
February 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Tonight at 6pm -- Bookworks, Albuquerque -- I'll be in conversation with @sarenaulibarri.bsky.social talking about our writing journeys and A Hunger with No Name! Join us!
Placard with the cover of A Hunger with No Name by Lauren C. Teffeau in the background featuring a shadowed figure seated in front of a fire. Image of Lauren C. Teffeau, a Caucasian, brown-haired woman. The logo of Bookworks, a local independent bookstore in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The text reads" A Hunger with No Name release celebration with special guest Sarena Ulibarri." Image of Sarena Ulibarri, a red-headed Caucasian woman. The covers of her two novellas Steel Tree and Another Life.
February 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Quick recap of COSine -- Colorado Springs' annual SFF con this past weekend. TL;DR: Fun times, great people www.instagram.com/p/DFVbuO5pYG...
January 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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There's still time to register for this from @swsworlds.bsky.social later today! Hope to see you there. 5 SFF authors, 8 minutes, and find your next read! www.eventbrite.com/e/first-frid...
Promo placard: "Strong Women Strange Worlds Presents Third Thursday Quick Reads of Sci fi, fantasy and horror by Aimee Kuzenski, Lauren C. Teffeau, Lauren Bolger, ML Dumars, and Kay Malady. January 16th 7pm eastern. Free on Zoom. Preregister now at StrongWomenStrangeWorlds.weebly.com
January 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM