Fallen also reached the bestseller list for Indie and USA Today. Lauren Kate’s books include the very popular novels The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove and Fallen, which reached number 3 on The New York Times Best Seller List for children’s chapter books on Januand on Wednesday, April 6, 2011, Fallen had spent one year and four months-with brief interruptions-on the list. Lauren Kate has an interest in blurring the lines between good and evil and states “ I’m interested in questioning old notions of angels and demons, heaven and hell.” Books Some of her characters (like Daniel and Luce) have religious significance. She mentions enjoying delving into what most people think of now days as angels, and what they originally were in more traditional religion and literature. Lauren reports that she had a very memorable college professor who taught the bible eloquently. Lauren Kate grew up Jewish but with a Catholic father, so some interest in theology was always present. She now lives in Los Angeles with her husband, her daughter, and their dog. She attended school in Atlanta, and started writing in New York (she has a master’s degree in fiction from the prestigious University of California, Davis). Lauren grew up in Dallas as a Jewish child, with a Catholic father. She writes young adult fiction novels and her books have been translated into over thirty languages.

After being raised in the Dallas Texas area and then attending the University of California where she earned a Master’s Degree in Fiction, the young author, Lauren Kate, has quickly become an internationally bestselling author.

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