Lauren Oliver

Lauren Oliver
Oliver at the 2016 Texas Book Festival
Oliver at the 2016 Texas Book Festival
BornLaura Suzanne Schechter
(1982-11-08) November 8, 1982 (age 41)
Queens, New York City, U.S.
OccupationAuthor
LanguageEnglish
Alma materUniversity of Chicago[1]
Period2010–present
GenreYoung adult
Science fiction
Romance
Dystopian
Middle Grade
Adult
Notable worksDelirium trilogy
Before I Fall
Panic
Signature
Website
www.laurenoliverbooks.com

Lauren Oliver (born Laura Suzanne Schechter; November 8, 1982)[2][3] is an American author of numerous young adult novels including Panic; the Delirium trilogy: Delirium, Pandemonium, and Requiem; and Before I Fall, which became a major motion picture in 2017. Panic was also turned into a series by Amazon studios. She served as creator, writer and showrunner on the project. Her novels have been translated into more than thirty languages internationally. 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.

Oliver graduated from the University of Chicago, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and also received a Master of Fine Arts degree from New York University. In 2010, Oliver co-founded Paper Lantern Lit, a literary “incubator”/ development company now called Glasstown Entertainment with Razorbill editor and poet Lexa Hillyer.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference aboutauthor was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Class of 2004 – Alumni & Friends – University of Chicago". Alumniandfriends.uchicago.edu. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  3. ^ "Courtney Sheinmel on Twitter: "Today is @OliverBooks's birthday! Happy birthday, Lauren! Love you lots!"". Twitter.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  4. ^ Sellers, John A. “Paper Lantern Lit Gets Into E-Publishing” Publishers Weekly.com. Retrieved June 24, 2017