Lauren Wolk is an award–winning poet, artist, and novelist. She is the author of middle grade novels Candle Island, Echo Mountain, My Own Lightning, Newbery Honor–winner Wolf Hollow, and Scott O’Dell Award-winner Beyond the Bright Sea. Her debut picture book, Outermost Mouse, published this year. Lauren was born in Baltimore and has since lived in California, Rhode Island, Minnesota, Canada, and Ohio. She now lives with her family on Cape Cod.
