{"title":"Lauren E. Rico","description":"Lauren Rico is an award-winning author and one of the top classical music broadcasters in the country. She is the recipient of awards from First Coast Romance Writers, Birmingham Romance Writers and NJ Romance Writers, and her novel Familia was an Indie Next Pick and a LibraryReads selection. Her voice is heard nationally on SiriusXM's Symphony Hall channel, as well as on radio stations in New York City, Charlotte, and Tampa. A graduate of the University of South Florida and George Mason University, she lives outside New York City. 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