03/21/2025: WOMEN IN HORROR: Laurel Hightower
- Candace Nola
- Mar 21
- 2 min read
Welcome to Women in Horror Month for 2025.
For all of March, come back here to see a daily spotlight post for incredible women in the horror industry. While these posts will mostly be dedicated to indie horror authors, you will also find some mainstream authors, artists, actresses and other creatives in the horror industry! Also, be sure to check the Facebook Books of Horror group all month long for more events!
LAUREL HIGHTOWER
Meet this incredible woman of horror!
Laurel Hightower is the Bram Stoker-nominated author of WHISPERS IN THE DARK, CROSSROADS, BELOW, EVERY WOMAN KNOWS THIS, SILENT KEY, SPIRIT COVEN, and THE DAY OF THE DOOR, and has more than a dozen short fiction stories in print.
Laurel Hightower grew up in Kentucky, attending college in California and Tennessee,
before returning home to horse country, where she lives with her husband, son and two rescue animals, Yattering the cat (named for the Clive Barker short story) and Ladybug the adorable mutt. She definitely wants to see a picture of your dog and often bonds with complete strangers over animal stories.
A lifetime reader, she would raid her parents’ bookshelves from an early age, resulting in a number of awkward conversations about things like, “what does getting laid mean?” She loves discovering new favorite authors and supporting the writing and reading community.
Laurel works as a paralegal in a mid-size firm, wrangling litigators by day and writing at night. A bourbon and beer girl, she's a fan of horror movies and true-life ghost stories. Whispers in the Dark is her first novel, though there are always more in the pipeline, and she loves researching anything horror related. She can usually be found working on the next project into the wee hours, sometimes as late as ten at night, as long as her toddler allows.
Follow her on social media, even though she’s really bad at it, and she’ll follow you back. Plus, you’ll be rewarded by pictures of cute dogs and kids.
Learn more at the links below:
Laurel's Amazon Page:
Laurel's Website:
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