Lauren Tarshis
Lauren Tarshis is an American author of children's books, with several series of fiction, non-fiction and historical fiction works found in thousands of libraries and translated into several languages.She is the author of the ''New York Times'' Bestselling series ''I Survived''. The books, fast-paced historical fiction for kids in grades 3–5, focus on historical disasters from the perspective of a boy or girl who lived to tell the tale.
She is also the author of ''Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree'', a Golden Kite honor book for fiction and Oprah book club pick, and the sequel ''Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell in Love''. The books are on many state lists and are often used by schools as part of anti-bully programs.
In addition to writing books, Tarshis is SVP Editor-in-Chief & Publisher of the Classroom Magazine Division at Scholastic, Inc., which includes ''Storyworks'' magazine, a language arts magazine for children in grades 3-6 that she has edited for several years. Provided by Wikipedia
