Lauren Kate is the internationally best-selling author of Teardrop (Random House, Delacorte), the Fallen novels (Random House, Delacorte), and The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove (Penguin, Razorbill). Her work has been translated into over 30 languages. She has a masters degree in fiction from UC Davis and has worked as a fiction editor at HarperCollins. She attended the Community of Writers in 2006. She lives in Los Angeles. laurenkatebooks.net