Can’t wait for the BROKEN THINGS TOUR!!!! Hope to see lots of you book lovers while I’m on the road! xoxo

1 WEEK until # BrokenThings hits shelves!! Still time to preorder & get a signed bookplate - email laurenoliverbooks@gmail.com with mailing address and proof of purchase before 10/2!! US & In'tl :)

This is my serious producing face aka my I woke up at 6:30 am face. #panic #day3 https://www.instagram.com/p/BoHDmuOnBvh/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=507pbvldndzs

ONE WEEK until Broken Things hits shelves, ahhh!! 😱😳If you guys want a signed bookplate, just send me your mailing address and proof of purchase by 10/2 to laurenoliverbooks@gmail.com! ❤️👍 #brokenthings #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BoKVh-Tn4Ma/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ykuo2c67lpof

ONE WEEK until Broken Things hits shelves, ahhh!! 😱😳If you guys want a signed bookplate, just send me your mailing address and proof of purchase by 10/2 to laurenoliverbooks@gmail.com! ❤️👍 #brokenthings #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BoKVh-Tn4Ma/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2il5i340lxwg

HUGE NEWS!!! Panic is coming to the small screen! I am so incredibly excited that this story is becoming a TV show - AND that I’m writing every episode!! Sooo many updates to come, hope you guys watch it; I promise it will be good 💃🔥💥

dear readers,

Hello and thanks for checking out my website! Here’s some information about me:

I was born in Queens and raised in Westchester, New York, in a small town very similar to the one depicted in Before I Fall. My parents are both literature professors, and from a very early age, my sister and I were encouraged to make up stories, draw, paint, dance around in costumes, and essentially spend much of our time living imaginatively. Our house was old and full of art and towers and towers of books, and that’s still the kind of house I like best.

I started writing as a way of extending my love of reading; when I read a book I loved, I would continue to write sequels for it (I was inadvertently a fan fic writer, before “fan fiction” was even a term!). Later on, I began working on my own stories, and keeping company with a lot of imaginary friends.

I 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. I simultaneously began working at Penguin Books, in a young adult division called Razorbill, and while there, I started work on Before I Fall. I left in 2009 to pursue writing full-time, and now I happily work in my pajamas every day.





I have a variety of interests apart from writing, including reading, cooking, traveling, dancing, running, and making up weird songs. Some of my favorite things are: being cozy; fires; autumn; fuzzy slippers; very high heels; great wine; dark chocolate; ketchup; pasta. Things I hate: practical shoes, liars, and bananas. I divide my time between Brooklyn, upstate New York, and various hotel rooms.