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Jillian Lauren

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Born

Highland Park, IL, The United States

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http://www.jillianlauren.com/

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Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction, Crime

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Jillian is the author of the USA Today bestseller, BEHOLD THE MONSTER: Confronting America's Most Prolific Serial Killer, EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED, and the New York Times bestselling memoir, SOME GIRLS: My Life in a Harem, and the novel, PRETTY.

BEHOLD THE MONSTER: CONFRONTING AMERICA'S MOST PROLIFIC SERIAL KILLER: New York Times bestselling author and lead of the Starz docuseries, Confronting a Serial Killer, Jillian Lauren delivers the harrowing report of her unusual relationship with a psychopath. But this is more than a deep dive into the actions of Samuel Little. Lauren's riveting and emotional accounts reveal the women who were lost to cold files, giving Little's victims a chance to have their stories heard for the first time.

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	Some Girls: My Life in a Harem 3.35 avg rating — 9,123 ratings — published 2010 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Moth by Catherine Burns (Editor), Adam Gopnik (Preface), George Dawes Green (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.35 avg rating — 4,852 ratings — published 2013 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Behold the Monster: Confronting America's Most Prolific Serial Killer by Jillian Lauren (Goodreads Author), Michael Connelly (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.37 avg rating — 1,962 ratings — published 2021 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everything You Ever Wanted: A Memoir 4.20 avg rating — 1,320 ratings — published 2015 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pretty 3.16 avg rating — 886 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	California Prose Directory 2016 by Sarah LaBrie (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Summer Block (Goodreads Author) (Contributor ), Adam Klein (Contributor) 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Free Interview: Susie Bright Speaks with Jillian Lauren, Author of 'Some Girls: My Life in a Harem' by Jillian Lauren (Goodreads Author), Susie Bright (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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No Longer Human

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The Moving Target (Lew Archer #1)

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“Girls at war opt for a quieter cruelty than fistfights and drive-by shootings. Girls circumvent the corporeal and go straight for each other's souls. The bleeding is harder to stanch.”
― Jillian Lauren

tags: girls, humor, war

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“Fall and I'll catch you. And that was all I'd ever wanted- someone to catch me.”
― Jillian Lauren, Pretty

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“I know something about performing. I know that when it seems like the avalanche is about to roll over you, you face into it and keep both arms swimming as hard as you can. You smile and you sell it.”
― Jillian Lauren, Some Girls: My Life in a Harem

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