Biography

Photo credit: Christine Passler 2013

Lauren Grimley lives in central Massachusetts where she grew up, but her heart is on the beaches of Cape Cod where she spends as much of her time as possible. After graduating from Boston University she became a middle school English teacher.

Her loves are lounging on quiet beaches, laughing with good friends, and curling up with the cat and a great book on a rainy day.

As for her first novel, she has her seventh graders to thank for starting her on this path. A few years back, they convinced a skeptical new teacher vampire stories were worth reading. She now spends her time writing them when she should be correcting papers.

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The facts (and a few extras):

Born March 5, 1980
Grew up in Grafton, MA
Living and teaching in Central MA

Education:

Boston University (B.A. in English Education)

Framingham State University (M.Ed. in Language and Literacy)

Favorites:

Fiction – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling

Non-fiction – The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published by Arielle Eckstut & David Henry Sterry

Music – anything alternative, especially with strong female vocalist

Movie – The Goonies

TV – Once Upon a Time, True Blood