Lauren was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Haworth, New Jersey. She attended Columbia University and got her fiction MFA at Columbia's School of the Arts. After spending time as a tutor, a trend-forecaster, and a secretary, she published a collection of stories, The Best of Animals, and a novel, Reproduction is the Flaw of Love. Lauren currently teaches creative writing at Rutgers University.
Genres: Historical, Literary Fiction
Novels
Reproduction is the Flaw of Love (2004)
A Friend of the Family (2009)
The Explanation for Everything (2013)
Our Short History (2017)
We Must Not Think of Ourselves (2023)
A Friend of the Family (2009)
The Explanation for Everything (2013)
Our Short History (2017)
We Must Not Think of Ourselves (2023)
Collections
Novellas and Short Stories
Lauren Grodstein recommends
Hush Harbor (2023)
Anise Vance
"A tension wire crackling with electricity, Hush Harbor dazzles with incredible writing and boils with righteous fury. I could not stop reading."
Shutter (2021)
Melissa Larsen
"Shutter is blade-sharp, tense and surprising at every turn. Melissa Larsen's debut marks the arrival of an incredible new talent."
Shadow Man (2017)
Alan Drew
"Part murder mystery, part family drama, Alan Drew's Shadow Man has everything I like in a novel: grit, heart, and nail-biting suspense. It's the sort of magically absorbing novel that keeps you turning the pages and checking the locks on the door."
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Anthologies containing stories by Lauren Grodstein
Who Can Save Us Now? (2008)
Brand-New Superheroes and Their Amazing (Short) Stories
edited by
Owen King and John McNally
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