ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Since she was a child, Lauren Oliver was always influenced by her family when it came to writing. Born in Queens, Lauren and her sister grew up with both their parents as literature professors. She pursued literature and philosophy at the University of Chicago, and then moved back to New York to attend NYU’s MFA program in creative writing. She began working at Penguin Books, in a young adult division called Razorbill, and there she started working on Before I Fall. She left in 2009 to pursue writing full-time.