Lauren Oliver is the cofounder of media and content development
company Glasstown Entertainment, where she serves as the President
of Production.
She is also the New York Times bestselling author of the YA novels
Replica, Vanishing Girls, Panic, and the Delirium trilogy:
Delirium, Pandemonium, and Requiem, which have been translated into
more than thirty languages. The film rights to both Replica and
Lauren's bestselling first novel, Before I Fall, were acquired by
Awesomeness Films. Before I Fall was adapted into a major motion
picture starring Zoey Deutch. It debuted at the Sundance Film
Festival in 2017, garnering a wide release from Open Road Films
that year.
Oliver is a 2012 E. B. White Read-Aloud Award nominee for her
middle-grade novel Liesl & Po, as well as author of the
middle-grade fantasy novel The Spindlers and The Curiosity House
series, co-written with H.C. Chester. She has written one novel for
adults, Rooms.
Oliver co-founded Glasstown Entertainment with poet and author Lexa
Hillyer. Since 2010, the company has developed and sold more than
fifty-five novels for adults, young adults, and middle-grade
readers. Some of its recent titles include the New York Times
bestseller Everless, by Sara Holland; the critically acclaimed
Bonfire, authored by the actress Krysten Ritter; and The Hunger by
Alma Katsu, which received multiple starred reviews and was praised
by Stephen King as "disturbing, hard to put down" and "not
recommended...after dark."
Oliver is a narrative consultant for Illumination Entertainment and
is writing features and TV shows for a number of production
companies and studios.
Oliver received an academic scholarship to the University of
Chicago, where she was elected Phi Beta Kappa. She received a
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from New York
University.
www.laurenoliverbooks.com.
"Before starting, readers should turn off their cellphones and wipe
their schedules clean, because once they open the book, they won't
be able to stop. A dystopian tour de force."--Kirkus Reviews
(starred review)
Praise for Before I Fall: "Oliver's debut novel is raw, emotional,
and, at times, beautiful....readers will love Samantha best as she
hurtles toward an end as brave as it is heartbreaking."--Publishers
Weekly (starred review)
Praise for PANDEMONIUM: "From the grief-stricken shell of her
former self to a nascent refugee and finally to a full-fledged
resistance fighter, Lena's strength and the complexity of her
internal struggles will keep readers up at night."--Kirkus Reviews
(starred review)
Praise for PANDEMONIUM: "This is a romance in the purest of senses,
where just the longing for the faintest taste of love is worth the
greatest of risks. Like all successful second volumes, this expands
the world and ups the stakes, setting us up for the big
finale."--Booklist
Praise for Before I Fall: "Samantha's attempts to save her life and
right the wrongs she has caused are precisely what will draw
readers into this complex story and keep them turning pages until
Sam succeeds in living her last day the right way."--Voice of Youth
Advocates (VOYA) (starred review)
Praise for Delirium: "Strong characters, a vivid portrait of the
lives of teens in a repressive society, and nagging questions that
can be applied to our world today make this book especially
compelling and discussable."--School Library Journal (starred
review)
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