Max Boucherat (he/they) was born and raised in Cardiff, gained an MA in Writing for Young People from Bath Spa University and now lives with their wife in a mercifully ghost-free house in the middle of Caerphilly, South Wales.THE LAST LIFE OF LORI MILLS is Max’s love letter to both horror and videogames, and the book their ghost and game-obsessed younger self would have loved to read. Max was inspired by the huge part played in children’s lives by video games like Minecraft, and by the massive online subculture they have spawned, in which kids discuss the strange and spooky ghost characters they have found in the games.

‘Terrific — fun, funny, heartwarming, just the right shade of scary’ Derek Landy‘A delightfully curious mix of unique, peculiar, creepy and heart melting. Truly unlike anything I’ve read before’ Hana Tooke‘A 10-out-of-10 spine-tingling page turner… I couldn’t put this book down. It’s brilliant’ Mel Taylor-Bessent‘Minecraft-meets-Lovecraft – genuinely creepy with a surprisingly heartwarming ending. But don't read it with the lights off…’ Alastair Chisholm‘This book is brilliant. A fresh and exciting new voice … A properly pacy, heart-pounding sci-fi thriller, perfect for gamers. Read it with ALL the lights on!’ Rashmi Sirdeshpande'It absolutely knocked my socks off … A fantastic, thrilling debut' Tamzin Merchant‘Whip-smart and spine-tingingly scary … An absolute treat of a debut’ Laura Noakes'A hair-raising adventure' Observer

Max Boucherat (he/they) was born and raised in Cardiff, gained an MA in Writing for Young People from Bath Spa University and now lives with their wife in a mercifully ghost-free house in the middle of Caerphilly, South Wales.THE LAST LIFE OF LORI MILLS is Max’s love letter to both horror and videogames, and the book their ghost and game-obsessed younger self would have loved to read. Max was inspired by the huge part played in children’s lives by video games like Minecraft, and by the massive online subculture they have spawned, in which kids discuss the strange and spooky ghost characters they have found in the games.

‘Terrific — fun, funny, heartwarming, just the right shade of scary’ Derek Landy‘A delightfully curious mix of unique, peculiar, creepy and heart melting. Truly unlike anything I’ve read before’ Hana Tooke‘A 10-out-of-10 spine-tingling page turner… I couldn’t put this book down. It’s brilliant’ Mel Taylor-Bessent‘Minecraft-meets-Lovecraft – genuinely creepy with a surprisingly heartwarming ending. But don't read it with the lights off…’ Alastair Chisholm‘This book is brilliant. A fresh and exciting new voice … A properly pacy, heart-pounding sci-fi thriller, perfect for gamers. Read it with ALL the lights on!’ Rashmi Sirdeshpande'It absolutely knocked my socks off … A fantastic, thrilling debut' Tamzin Merchant‘Whip-smart and spine-tingingly scary … An absolute treat of a debut’ Laura Noakes'A hair-raising adventure' Observer

Max Boucherat (he/they) was born and raised in Cardiff, gained an MA in Writing for Young People from Bath Spa University and now lives with their wife in a mercifully ghost-free house in the middle of Caerphilly, South Wales.THE LAST LIFE OF LORI MILLS is Max’s love letter to both horror and videogames, and the book their ghost and game-obsessed younger self would have loved to read. Max was inspired by the huge part played in children’s lives by video games like Minecraft, and by the massive online subculture they have spawned, in which kids discuss the strange and spooky ghost characters they have found in the games.

‘Terrific — fun, funny, heartwarming, just the right shade of scary’ Derek Landy‘A delightfully curious mix of unique, peculiar, creepy and heart melting. Truly unlike anything I’ve read before’ Hana Tooke‘A 10-out-of-10 spine-tingling page turner… I couldn’t put this book down. It’s brilliant’ Mel Taylor-Bessent‘Minecraft-meets-Lovecraft – genuinely creepy with a surprisingly heartwarming ending. But don't read it with the lights off…’ Alastair Chisholm‘This book is brilliant. A fresh and exciting new voice … A properly pacy, heart-pounding sci-fi thriller, perfect for gamers. Read it with ALL the lights on!’ Rashmi Sirdeshpande'It absolutely knocked my socks off … A fantastic, thrilling debut' Tamzin Merchant‘Whip-smart and spine-tingingly scary … An absolute treat of a debut’ Laura Noakes'A hair-raising adventure' Observer