Jillian Lauren

Jillian Lauren is an American author and memoirist whose work explores unconventional lives, true crime and the search for identity. Her memoirs include Some Girls, about her time as a teenager in the harem of the Prince of Brunei, and Everything You Ever Wanted, about adoption and family. She has also written fiction and is known for fearless, deeply personal writing. Behold the Monster is her account of her relationship with serial killer Samuel Little, who confessed to ninety-three murders, making him one of the most prolific serial killers in American history. Lauren worked to help identify Little's victims, many of whom were marginalised women whose disappearances received little public attention. The book is both a true crime investigation and a meditation on whose lives are valued and whose are forgotten. Available as both a book and an audiobook, Behold the Monster offers powerful and haunting listening and reading for true crime readers who want more than just the details of the crimes — who want to understand the human cost and the systemic failures that allowed so many victims to go unnoticed.