Commercial Fiction Writer
Lauren Keegan is a writer and psychologist from the Wollondilly Shire, NSW. She works as a psychologist in a public mental health service in Sydney South-West and has previously worked in child protection services.
Lauren writes commercial fiction stories about women for women.
Works in ProgressLauren has eight complete full-length manuscripts.
Lauren is currently seeking representation for her historical fiction novel The Hollows (working title), a story about a mother and daughter, bees and folklore, set in the Lithuanian forest in the 16th Century.
Publications
Last Chance Junction (short story), Kellan Publishing, 2013 (under the pseudonym Lauren Murphy).
A Survival Guide For Goa, Writers of Wollondilly, Fellowship of Australian Writers (FAW), Wollondilly Branch Anthology, 2018
The Killing Tree, Writers of Wollondilly, Fellowship of Australian Writers (FAW), Wollondilly Branch Anthology, 2018
Memberships
Wollondilly FAW writers group
NSW Writers’ Centre
Romance Writers of Australia (RWA)
Australian Society of Authors (ASA)
Book Reviews
Lauren has reviewed independent and traditionally published books in a range of genres since the conception of her blog (formerly known as The Australian Bookshelf) in 2012.
She has worked with major Australian publishing houses Allen & Unwin, Penguin Random House, Hachette Australia, Harlequin and a number of smaller publishing houses.
Unfortunately, she no longer accepts review requests.