All She Wrote Books Presents: Author Chloe Lauter

Join All She Wrote Books on Thursday, August 12th at 7:00pm, as we welcome author Chloe Lauter to celebrate the release of her novel — The Flayed Man! A complex mother-daughter relationship is taken to a new level in this fresh and propulsive novel of family curses, blood-thirsty ghouls, and budding romance set against the Mojave Desert and Las Vegas.

This book launch event will include a moderated discussion with author Makana Yamamoto, an audience Q&A, and a signing by Chloe!

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About The Flayed Man

Ellis Karsten spends nights working triage in the ER and days having the same conversation with her mom. The early onset dementia is exhausting, but the real challenge is their curse—Ellis’s family must feed daily on blood, or risk becoming mindless, skinless killing machines. When Ellis’s uncle, who supplies their blood, vanishes, she takes it upon herself to find a new source, aided by a prickly paramedic who’s equal parts unpredictable and intoxicating. But as Ellis fights to balance her bloodthirsty nature with a new relationship, her mom’s impossible demands transform into panicked warnings that a fabled monster, “The Flayed Man,” is stalking them.

As she traverses the desert in search of blood, Ellis risks her safety and her family’s secret, until it becomes clear that her mom is right: something ancient and hungry is hunting them, and it has come for her mom. Blood hunger begins to overtake Ellis, transforming her body into something ghoulish and frightening—exactly what The Flayed Man wants. In the end, she must decide who to trust, what she’s willing to sacrifice, and whether she is worthy of a life, and love, beyond her curse—or if she’s going to succumb to instinct and ravage the world.

About the Authors

CHLOE LAUTER’s debut novel The Flayed Man has been praised by Kirkus, Booklist and Library Journal, is one of Debutiful’s Most Anticipated Books of the Year, and an August 2026 Indie Next pick. Chicago Review of Books called it “everything you want in a literary horror novel.”

Her work explores monstrosity, autonomy and embodiment through a horror lens. Originally from Seattle, she now lives in Los Angeles.

Makana Yamamoto was born on the island of Maui. Splitting their time between the Mainland and Hawaiʻi, Makana grew up on beaches and in snowbanks. Always a scientist at heart, Makana fell in love with sci-fi as a teen. A writer from childhood, fiction became the perfect medium for them to explore their interests as well as reconnect with their culture. Makana’s debut novel, HAMMAJANG LUCK, is a 2024 Locus Award Finalist. In their free time, Makana likes to hoard dice for their Dungeons & Dragons games, defeat bosses with their guildmates, and get way too invested in reality competition shows. They currently live in Boston with their wife and two cats.

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