Lauren Tarshis

Lauren Tarshis is an American author of children's books, best known for her New York Times bestselling I Survived series of historical fiction novels that depict children surviving major disasters and events from history.[1][2] She is also the SVP editor-in-chief and publisher of Scholastic's Classroom Magazine Division, including the long-edited Storyworks magazine for grades 3-6.[1][2] Tarshis has authored other works like Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree and began her career with nonfiction titles.[3][4]

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Children's literature Historical fiction