Since self-publishing her debut novel
Slammed from her kitchen table in 2012, she has written across romance, suspense, and contemporary fiction — always drawn to complex relationships and the kind of emotional honesty that stays with you long after the last page. Somewhere along the way, her readers became a community, and that community became a movement.

Named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People of 2023 and the recipient of multiple Goodreads Choice Awards, Colleen remains most interested in the next story rather than the last accolade.

First and always a writer, Colleen has found in Heartbones Entertainment a natural extension of what she has always done: champion stories that matter. Reminders of Him, which she also co-adapted, is in theaters now. Verity comes to MGM Amazon this October. She's just found a few more ways to keep you up at night.

She began at the launch of MTV Networks across Europe, then moved to MTV New York where she executive produced the network's VJ hours and music shows, from Headbanger's Ball and Alternative
Nation to the Beach House. From there she moved into family movies, producing
Bridge to Terabithia, Rags, and Swindle, among many others.

Then, after fifteen movies for kids, she decided she wanted to have sex and kill people. Best decision she ever made.

A voracious reader who had always loved adapting books for the screen, Lauren discovered the work of Colleen Hoover and found her people. What started as a creative collaboration — turning
Hoover's novel Confess into a series — became a genuine partnership and the foundation of Heartbones Entertainment.

With Reminders of Him in theaters now and Verity coming to MGM Amazon this October, Heartbones is just getting started — and Lauren is never not looking for the next story worth telling.