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.
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)
"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 Delirium: "In [Oliver's] dystopian America, love has
been outlawed as the life-threatening source of all discord. Lena's
gradual awakening is set against a convincing backdrop of
totalitarian horror. The abrupt ending leaves enough unanswered
questions to set breathless readers up for volume two of this
trilogy."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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)
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