Lauren Tarshis

Lauren Tarshis
Born Lauren Tarshis
Occupation Author
Nationality American
Citizenship American
Alma mater Barnard College
Period 1989–
Genre Children's literature
Website
www.laurentarshis.com

Lauren Tarshis is an author of children's books, with several series of fiction and historical works found in thousands of libraries and translated into several languages.[1][2] She is also the editor of Storyworks magazine.[3]

Tarshis is the author of the New York Times Bestselling series I Survived. The books, fast-paced historical fiction for kids in grades 3–5, each focus on a historical disaster from the perspective of a boy or girl who lived to tell the tale.

Tarshis is also the author of Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree, a Golden Kite honor book for fiction and Oprah book club pick, and the sequel Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell in Love. The books are on many state lists and are often used by schools as part of anti-bully programs.

In addition to writing books, Tarshis is an editorial director for language arts at Scholastic, and the editor of Storyworks magazine, a language arts magazine for children in grades 3-5. She also oversees Scope magazine, a language arts magazine for middle-schoolers.

Bibliography

Title Publication date Type Notes
Taking Off: Extraordinary Ways to Spend Your First Year Out of College January 1, 1989 Non-ficton
Kate: The Katharine Hepburn Album February 1, 1993 Non-fiction
Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree May 15, 2008 Fiction
Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell In Love May 13, 2010 Fiction
I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 June 1, 2010 Historical Fiction
I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 September 1, 2010 Historical Fiction
I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 March 1, 2011 Historical Fiction
I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 October 1, 2011 Historical Fiction
I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906 March 1, 2012 Historical Fiction
I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001 July 1, 2012 Historical Fiction
I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 February 1, 2013 Historical Fiction
I Survived the Japanese Tsunami, 2011 August 27, 2013 Historical Fiction
I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944 February 25, 2014 Historical Fiction
I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, A.D. 79 August 26, 2014 Historical Fiction
I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 February 24, 2015 Historical Fiction
I Survived the Joplin Tornado, 2011 August 25, 2015 Historical Fiction
I Survived the Hindenburg Disaster, 1937 February 21, 2016 Historical Fiction
I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 August 30, 2016 Historical Fiction

Emma-Jean Lazarus

Other works

References

  1. "Tarshis, Lauren". WorldCat.org.
  2. Something About the Author, v. 187
  3. "Lauren Tarshis". WorldCat.org.
  4. OCLC 70707706
  5. Stevenson, Deborah (February 2007). "Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree (review)". Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books 60 (6): 269–270. doi:10.1353/bcc.2007.0131. OCLC 4639512499.
  6. OCLC 270230868

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