About Lauren Bird Horowitz Books
LAUREN BIRD HOROWITZ, screenwriter and novelist, has won an enthusiastic following for her innovative, lyrical poetic voice. Her debut novel Shattered Blue: Book One of The Light Trilogy, won the 2016 Independent Publishers' (IPPY) Silver Medal for Young Adult Fiction, as well as Finalist honors in the 2016 USA Book Awards for Best New Fiction and Best New Fantasy, the 2016 Next Generation Indie Book Awards for Best Young Adult Fiction, and the 2016 International Book Award for Best Fantasy. Book Two of The Light Trilogy, Renegade Red, was an Award Finalist in the Fiction: Fantasy category of the Best Book Awards 2017. The Light Trilogy has been listed as one of USA Today's top romances of 2015, and selected as notable books by Buzzfeed, Popsugar, Hypable, San Francisco Book Review, Glitter, The Culturalist, Teen Reads, Kirkus Reviews, YA Books Central, Voya Magazine, School Library Journal, Maria Shriver.com, Bustle and others. Bird studied writing at Harvard University with novelist Jamaica Kincaid, winning several prizes including the Edward Eager Memorial Prize for fiction and Winthrop-Sargent Prize for writing. She's a proud member of the Writers Guild of America. Keep up with Lauren on Twitter (@birdaileen), Instagram (@birdaileen), Facebook (Lauren Bird Horowitz) and on her website LaurenBirdHorowitz.com.
