Lauren DeStefano
Lauren DeStefano is an American young adult author. She is best known for the Chemical Garden series of novels and her gallows humor.
Biography
DeStefano was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and has an English degree from Albertus Magnus College. Her first book, Wither, a dystopian young adult novel, was published in 2011 by Simon & Schuster.Wither is the first book in The Chemical Garden Trilogy, and the second novel, Fever, debuted at No. 6 on the New York Times bestseller list in March 2012. The third and final book, Sever, was released on February 12, 2013. The trilogy achieved No. 10 on the New York Times bestseller list for children's series in March 2013.
DeStefano is currently working on a new series. She has a three-book deal with Simon & Schuster for a "utopian" young adult series called The Internment Chronicles. The first book is titled Perfect Ruin. It was released October 1, 2013, and focuses on the "perfect, orderly society" of a city floating in the sky. The second book in the series, Burning Kingdoms, was released on March 10, 2015. DeStefano also wrote a middle-grade book, A Curious Tale of the In-Between, which is scheduled for release in September 2015.
Novels
The Chemical Garden TrilogyThe Internment ChroniclesPerfect Ruin No Intention of Dying Burning Kingdoms The Heir Apparent Broken Crowns
The Glass Spare DuologyThe Glass Spare The Warrior Constellation The Cursed Sea
Other WorkA Curious Tale of the In-Between The Peculiar Night of the Blue Heart The Girl with the Ghost Machine Dreaming Dangerous
- ''The Unicorn Came to Dinner''