Lauren Groff
1978
Lauren Groff is one of the famous authors and short story writer from America. She was born and brought up in Cooperstown, New York, United States and completed her graduation from the Amherst College and later with an MFA degree from the Wisconsin-Madison University in fiction. She started her writing career with her debut novel, The Monsters of Templeton in the year 2008 and has so far written a total of 3 novels as well as a few short stories in her writing career. Her first novel became a huge hit and helped her to become a well known name in the world of fiction novels. The novel also went on to feature on the New York Times Bestseller list in its debut year. Stephen King has already read the novel before its publication and had given very good reviews. He praised author Lauren and his early review was printed in the Entertainment Weekly magazine. The success of the novel allowed it to be shortlisted for the prestigious Orange Prize in the year 2008 in the category of New Writers and was also listed among the Best Books of the year 2008 by the San Francisco Chronicle and Amazon.com.