Lauren Keegan is an author and psychologist living on Dharawal and Gundungurra Country (Wollondilly, New South Wales). She has worked in perinatal and infant mental health for fifteen years, has two young girls and drinks more tea than is sensible. She is the author of All the Bees in the Hollows, which was voted Best Debut Fiction at the 2025 Indie Book Awards and longlisted for the ARA Historical Novel Prize 2025. This is her second novel.

‘Heartache and loneliness take centre stage in this 17th century tale as Keegan, a psychologist, explores loss, family, misogyny, violence and the search for truth through the eyes of a woman unwilling to let go of the wild streak she inherited.’

Lauren Keegan is an author and psychologist living on Dharawal and Gundungurra Country (Wollondilly, New South Wales). She has worked in perinatal and infant mental health for fifteen years, has two young girls and drinks more tea than is sensible. She is the author of All the Bees in the Hollows, which was voted Best Debut Fiction at the 2025 Indie Book Awards and longlisted for the ARA Historical Novel Prize 2025. This is her second novel.

‘Heartache and loneliness take centre stage in this 17th century tale as Keegan, a psychologist, explores loss, family, misogyny, violence and the search for truth through the eyes of a woman unwilling to let go of the wild streak she inherited.’

Lauren Keegan is an author and psychologist living on Dharawal and Gundungurra Country (Wollondilly, New South Wales). She has worked in perinatal and infant mental health for fifteen years, has two young girls and drinks more tea than is sensible. She is the author of All the Bees in the Hollows, which was voted Best Debut Fiction at the 2025 Indie Book Awards and longlisted for the ARA Historical Novel Prize 2025. This is her second novel.

‘Heartache and loneliness take centre stage in this 17th century tale as Keegan, a psychologist, explores loss, family, misogyny, violence and the search for truth through the eyes of a woman unwilling to let go of the wild streak she inherited.’