Lauren Tarshis


Lauren Tarshis is an author of children's books, with several series of fiction, non-fiction and historical fiction works found in thousands of libraries and translated into several languages.
She is the author of the New York Times Bestselling series I Survived. The books, fast-paced historical fiction for kids in grades 3-5, focus on a historical disasters from the perspective of a boy or girl who lived to tell the tale.
She 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 SVP Editor-in-Chief & Publisher of the Classroom Magazine Division at Scholastic, Inc., which includes Storyworks magazine, a language arts magazine for children in grades 3-5 that she has edited for several years.

''Emma-Jean Lazarus'' books

Lauren Tarshis has written 20 books of the I Survived series as of early 2020. They are historical fiction books about children who survive different disasters, including storms, wars, battles, and wild animal attacks. The books are published by Scholastic Inc.
The first book in the series was published in 2010 and is called I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912.
The latest book in the series was published in 2019 and is called I Survived the Great Molasses Flood.
Tarshis also wrote 3 books in a series based on the original titled I Survived True Stories. She also began writing a series of graphic novels based on the original series. The first graphic novel, I Survived: The Sinking of Titanic, was released on February 4, 2020.

Other works