Christina Lauren
Christina Lauren, the combined pen name of Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings Luhrs, is an American author duo of contemporary fiction, teen fiction and romance novels.
Career
The pair met in 2009 while writing fanfiction online, and, in 2010, became co-authors, signing agent Holly Root from the Waxman-Leavell Literary Agency in 2011. In 2017, Holly Root founded Root Literary.Author of twenty New York Times Bestselling novels, their work is currently translated in over 30 languages.
Together, they present workshops and have been speakers at events such as RT Booklovers Convention, Book Expo of America, and Romance Writers of America, and are frequent guests at San Diego Comic-Con. In 2024 they were invited to speak at Simon & Schuster's 100th Anniversary Celebration.
''Beautiful'' series
In 2013, Beautiful Bastard was optioned by Constantin Film for a film adaptation. The rights later reverted to the authors.''Wild Seasons'' series
The second series by the authors debuted in 2014. The first novel of the series, Sweet Filthy Boy, earned the Romantic Times Book of the Year award for 2014. The series centers on a group of friends following graduation from college. Lauren has been praised for writing delectable heroes and strong-willed heroines to match. Like books in the Beautiful series, all of the Wild Seasons books to date have hit the New York Times list.''Roomies''
In 2018, Andy Fickman was scheduled to direct and produce music-driven romantic comedy Roomies with Jenna Dewan via her company, Everheart Productions. Christina Lauren was to write the screenplay.''In a Holidaze''
In 2024, screenwriter Tiffany Paulsen signed a deal to script In a Holidaze, a Netflix feature adaptation of the New York Times bestselling holiday rom-com novel of the same name. In 2025, it was announced that Maddie Ziegler, Rob Lowe, Graham Phillips, and Elias Kacavas have signed on to star. Tiffany Paulsen will direct. Alloy Entertainment's president and chief creative officer Leslie Morgenstein will produce alongside the company’s EVP Film, Elysa Koplovitz Dutton, with Lowe exec producing. Shooting begins in January of 2026.Honors
- 2013 Best Romance Nominee Goodreads Choice Awards
- 2013 Best Romance Audible.com
- 2014 RT Seal of Excellence Award
- 2014 RT Book of the Year
- 2014 Goodreads Choice Nominee Best Romance
- 2015 Kirkus Starred Review
- 2016 An Amazon Editor's Choice Best Books of 2016
- 2017 Kirkus Starred Review
- 2017 Amazon Best Romance of the Year
- 2017 Publishers Weekly Starred Review
- 2017 Goodreads Choice Nominee Best Young Adult Fiction
- 2017 Best of the Year Finalist Audible.com
- 2017 American Library Association Rainbow List
- 2017 Lambda Literary Award Finalist
- 2017 Vulture Top Ten Romance
- 2017 Washington Post Top Five Romance
- 2017 Entertainment Weekly Top Ten Romance
- 2018 Kirkus Starred Review
- 2018 Kirkus Starred Review
- 2018 Publishers Weekly Starred Review
- 2018 Goodreads Choice Nominee Best Romance
- 2018 Goodreads Choice Nominee Best Romance
- 2018 Amazon Best Romances of the Year
- 2018 New York Public Library Best Books of the Year
- 2019 Kirkus Starred Review
- 2019 Publishers Weekly Starred Review
- 2019 Library Journal Starred Review
- 2019 Indie Next List
- 2019 Goodreads Choice Nominee Best Romance
- 2019 Amazon Best Romances of the Year
- 2019 Audible Best Rom Coms of the Year
- 2019 Library Reads Hall of Fame
- 2019 Bookbub Best Romances of the Year
- 2019 Indie Next List
- 2020 Bookpage Best Romance Novels of 2020 So Far
- 2020 Kirkus Starred Review
- 2020 Publishers Weekly Starred Review
- 2020 Library Journal Starred Review
- 2020 Book Page Starred Review
- 2020 Goodreads Choice Nominee Best Romance
- 2020 Oprah's Romance Novels We Couldn't Put Down
- 2021 Audie Award Finalist Best Romance
- 2021 Kirkus Starred Review
- 2021 ALA Booklist Starred Review
- 2021 Indie Next List
- 2021 Library Journal Starred Review
- 2021 Barnes & Noble Best Books of 2021
- 2021 Indigo Top Ten Romance of 2021
- 2021 Kirkus Best Romances of the Year
- 2021 Kobo Best Romances of the Year
- 2021 SheReads.com Best Romances of the Year
- 2021 Goodreads Choice Nominee Best Romance
- 2021 Audible Best of 2021
- 2021 Buzzfeed Best Romance Novels of 2021
- 2021 Scribd Best Romance Novels of 2021
- 2022 Kirkus Starred Review
- 2022 Booklist Starred Review
- 2022 Indie Next List
- 2022 Indigo's Top 10 Romance Books of 2022
- 2022 Washington Post 10 Best Romance Novels of 2022
- 2022 Entertainment Weekly's Top 10 Romances of 2022
- 2022 Apple Books Top Selling Romances of the Year
- 2023 Library Journal Starred Review
- 2023 Kirkus Starred Review
- 2023 Indie Next List
- 2023 Library Reads Hall of Fame
- 2023 Audible Editors' Select: May 2023
- 2023 Apple Books Best of the Month
- 2023 Apple Must Listen
- 2023 Amazon Editors' Picks: Best Romance
- 2023 BookPage Starred Review
- 2023 Amazon Best Books of the Year So Far
- 2023 Apple Books Best Audiobooks of the Year So Far
- 2023 Audible Best Romances of the Year
- 2023 Goodreads Choice Nominee Best Romance
- 2023 NPR Best Books of the Year
- 2024 Audie Award Winner Best Romance of the Year
- 2024 Audible The Top 100 Series of All Time
- 2024 Indie Next List
- 2024 Amazon Best Books of the Year So Far
- 2024 Barnes and Noble Best Books of the Year
- 2024 Goodreads Readers' Top Books Published in the Past Five Years
- 2024 Goodreads Choice Nominee Best Romance
- 2024 Barnes & Noble Best Books of the Year
- 2024 Amazon Best Books of the Year
- 2024 Audible Best Romances of the Year
- 2024 Book of the Month Nominee for Book of the Year
''Beautiful'' series
Beautiful Bastard Beautiful Stranger Beautiful Bitch Beautiful Bombshell Beautiful Player Beautiful Beginning Beautiful Beloved Beautiful Secret Beautiful Boss- ''Beautiful''
''Wild Seasons'' series
Sweet Filthy Boy Dirty Rowdy Thing Dark Wild Night Wicked Sexy Liar- ''Not Joe's Not So Short Short''
Standalones
Sublime The House Dating You/Hating You Autoboyography Roomies Love and Other Words Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating My Favorite Half-Night Stand The Unhoneymooners Twice in a Blue Moon The Honey-Don't List In A Holidaze The Soulmate Equation Something Wilder The True Love Experiment The Honeymoon Crashers The Exception to the Rule The Paradise Problem Tangled Up in You Love and Other Words Deluxe Special Edition- ''The Romance Revival''