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's 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