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​LAUREN TARSHIS
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  ​​Lauren lives in Connecticut with her husband and four children. She loves hanging
  around with family and friends. How did she get her idea for the I Survived series?
  "
When my son Dylan was 8 years old, I had a hard time getting him to read 
  anything. I asked him what his perfect book would be? He thought about it for 
  minute, then said, “I want it to be a real story with a lot of action and a main
  character who’s a kid like me.” So I wrote the first I Survived for Dylan - about the
  sinking of the Titanic - and he liked it! So I had to write more if I expected him to
  keep reading!" Lauren spends about 2,000 hours for each book in the series!


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Watch a book trailer to see what the series is about 
Visit Lauren's website at laurentarshis.com
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    • KIMBERLEY BRUBAKER BRADLEY
    • PABLO CARTAYA
    • SVETLANA CHMAKOVA
    • ANDREW CLEMENTS
    • CHRIS COLFER
    • ROALD DAHL
    • KATE DICAMILLO
    • DEBORAH ELLIS
    • STUART GIBBS
    • CHRIS GRABENSTEIN
    • ALAN GRATZ
    • LISA GREENWALD
    • JOHN GRISHAM
    • DAN GUTMAN
    • MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX
    • CARL HIAASEN
    • JENNIFER L HOLM
    • ALISON HUGHES
    • JEFF KINNEY
    • GORDON KORMAN
    • KATHRYN LASKY
    • PETER LERANGIS
    • NATALIE LLOYD
    • CYNTHIA LORD
    • WENDY MASS
    • STACEY MCANULTY
    • BRANDON MULL
    • JENNIFER NIELSEN
    • JAMES PATTERSON
    • LINCOLN PEIRCE
    • DAV PILKEY
    • RICK RIORDAN
    • LOUIS SACHAR
    • TRENTON LEE STEWART
    • TUI SUTHERLAND
    • MATTHEW SWANSON
    • LAUREN TARSHIS
    • RAINA TELGEMEIER
    • BOOKI VIVAT
    • ERIC WALTERS
    • JUDD WINICK
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