I’ve come to love Owen, his family and friends and I hope that you do too. My wish is that readers have nearly as much fun reading my work as I’ve had writing it. All of these books and several action adventure movies had their part in inspiring me to write and publish The Secret Watchers series. So why this character and this series? Some of my favorite reads over the years have been: Nancy Drew, Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, cozy mysteries, Little House on the Prairie, Dragonlance, Heralds of Valdemar and Alex Rider. I decided the best way to change my life was to manipulate someone else’s! Hello Owen Ryer! Now I can write, work part-time as a substitute teacher and work part-time in the family business, giving me much needed flexibility. I dusted off my pens, pencils and trusty computer and revisited my old passion. So why would I go in a completely new direction after forty? Sometimes you just need the right motivation.

It is never too late to share your stories! If you want to write – go for it! I do plan to revisit the children’s book I began back in 2003 and the fantasy novel I started back in 1990 when I was a student at Oregon State. I started a number of books over the years, yet nothing took hold of me like The Secret Watchers. I’ve been passionate about reading my whole life, but my professional writing is a more recent adventure. I’m a graduate of both Oregon State University and Portland State University from where I have Masters degrees in education: One for secondary science and the other for elementary education. I’m an only child (read as huge imagination) and spent my childhood in Milwaukie, Oregon. It is no simple job and is further complicated by the dark watchers who try to neutralize him, in any way they can. Very early in book one, Owen discovers he has ability to see darkness in the world and is now driven to repair what he can while trying to balance his own moral compass. My series The Secret Watchers is a contemporary action-packed fantasy with a fourteen year old male protagonist. I also love to read young adult literature because I’m a big kid at heart. I’m a certified teacher who is dual endorsed for grades 5-9 so YA was a natural fit for me. Hey, I’m Lauren Klever, author of young adult fantasy action adventures.

Visions by Lauren Klever