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Laurel Hightower grew up in Lexington, Kentucky, and after forays to California and Tennessee, has returned home to horse country. She’s a fan of true life ghost stories, horror movies, and good bourbon. She is the author of Whispers In The Dark, Crossroads, and Below, and has more than a dozen short story credits to her name, including publications through Burial Day Press, Cemetery Gates, Brigid’s Gate, Dead Sea Press, Brian Keene’s Patreon, and the forthcoming anthology Human Monsters from the newly formed Dark Hart Books. Crossroads was the recipient of an Independent Audiobook Award in 2020 in the category of Best Horror, as well as the This is Horror Best Novella Award for 2020. She has also co-edited three anthologies: We Are Wolves, a charity anthology released in 2020 by Burial Day Press, The Dead Inside, an anthology of identity horror released in 2022 by Dark Dispatch, and Shattered & Splintered, a charity anthology released in 2022 to benefit the Glen Haven Area Volunteer Fire Department, who saved the historic Stanley Hotel from wildfires in 2020.
'Leave it to Laurel Hightower to skillfully blend crime, heart and horror with the deftness of an artisan at the top of their game. A hard-boiled thriller from start to finish with a killer ending. Do not miss this one.' -- Robert P. Ottone, author of The Vile Thing We Created and the Bram Stoker Award-winning novel The Triangle 'I’m convinced that everything Hightower writes is designed to emotionally destroy readers, and Silent Key is no exception. This book is a harrowing character study wrapped in a paranormal mystery that’s guaranteed to have you desperate (and afraid) to turn the page.' -- Caitlin Marceau, Award-winning author of This Is Where We Talk Things Out 'Paranormal horror rolls like waves through a heart wrenching ocean of grief, loss, and the bonds of family as Hightower examines the lengths we'll go to save the ones we love most. Creepy dread permeates Silent Key which expertly blends history, romance, and mystery all the while delivering a story that will drag you into the deepest abyss and leave you breathless.' -- E.V. Knight, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Fourth Whore and Three Days in the Pink Tower 'Silent Key is one hell of a read. In this masterful melding of multiple genres, Hightower weaves mystery and espionage into a stellar twist on the ghost story. This book deserves to make it into every airport bookshop and supermarket spinner rack. Laurel Hightower is one to watch!' -- Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author of Road of Bones and All Hallows
