Lauren DeStefano is an American young-adult author. She is best known for the Chemical Garden series. Read full biography of Lauren DeStefano →
When I am writing anything in general, I just want to tell the story that exists in my head; I don't try to write a parable or make a point.
Every generation has a macabre notion that wars, government prohibition, natural disasters or mankind itself could be the downfall of society and the... →
It was my fifth grade teacher who introduced the idea that writing could be more than a hobby for me.
Most dystopian, classic and contemporary, paints a future world that puts a twist on present society - a future world that could plausibly happen.
'Dystopian,' by definition, promises a darker story.
I realized how wonderful YA is and how I really wanted to write something that created that level of intrigue.
When I was 11 or 12, I was really bored with everything on my summer reading list. It was all happy, middle-grade kinds of books. I was getting... →
When I was growing up, there actually wasn't a lot of YA literature as it exists today. Most of the YA that I read was from the '60s and... →
Lauren DeStefano is an American young-adult author. She is best known for the Chemical Garden series.