A Rhode Islander living in Australia for 20+ years, Lauren Elise Daniels (L. E. Daniels) has worked in publishing since '92. An Emerson College MFA grad, she's edited over 130+ titles, including the Aurealis Award-winning Relics, Wrecks and Ruins (2021), Aiki Flinthart's legacy anthology co-edited with Geneve Flynn and the Aurealis finalist, We Are Providence (2022) co-edited with Christa Carmen.

Lauren's first novel, Serpent's Wake: A Tale for the Bitten is listed as an HWA Mental Health Initiative Notable Work. It shortlisted for Singapore's Half the World Global Literati Prize, ranked 4th in the People's Choice Award, shortlisted with Queensland Writer's Centre's 2023 Adaptable: Turning the Page to Screen program. Her bestselling craft book, Winning Short Story Competitions: Essential Tools for the Serious Writer, co-authored with C. Sawyer, was published in 2020. Lauren's recent short stories, including the 2023 Bram Stoker Awards® nominee "Silk," appear in Hush! Don't Wake the Monster, Generation X-ed, Midnight Magazine, and We are Providence. 

Her poetry is among the finalists for the 2022 Australian Shadows Awards, has been published by the HWA's Of Horror and Hope, and appears in Black Spot Books' Under Her Eye, Mother Knows Best and Crystal Lake Publishing's upcoming Dastardly Damsels. Her true ghost stories appear in Timber Ghost Press' Out of Time True Paranormal Encounters and with 34 Orchard.