Lauren Wolk was born in Baltimore and has since lived in California, Rhode Island, Minnesota, Canada, and Ohio.She now lives with her husband and two sons on Cape Cod, where she is at work on a second novel.After graduating from Brown University in 1981, Wolk worked as a writer for the Battered Women's Project of the St. Paul American Indian Center. She later moved to Toronto, where she was a senior editor with Nelson Canada. Since the birth of her first son, Wolk has been a freelance writer and editor. She is also a contributing editor for OWL, an award-winning children's magazine.
Advance praise for Those Who Favor Fire:
"In Lauren Wolk's capable hands, the story of a close-knit
community struggling to coexist with an underground inferno becomes
a meditation on trust and betrayal, loyalty and freedom, and the
necessary balance between loving and letting go. This novel is by
turns heartwarming and heartbreaking, but beautifully written
throughout. A stunning debut."--Aimee Liu, author of Cloud
Mountain
"Add all three of my names to a burgeoning list of fans: those who
favor Lauren Wolk. Cozy as a country kitchen, this novel is, in
part, a spice rack of a town remembered. Again I am home, inhaling
bogs, barns, and Angela's muffins."--Robert Newton Peck, author of
A Day No Pigs Would Die
"First-time novelist Wolk has conceived an engrossing plot and
peopled it with appealing characters. [R]eminiscent of the best of
Shirley Jackson."--Publishers Weekly
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