Lauren Groff
Lauren Groff is the author of The Monsters of Templeton, which was short-listed for the Orange Prize for New Writers. Her short stories have appeared in the anthologies Pushcart Prize XXXII, The Best American Short Stories 2007, and Best New American Voices 2008, as well as a number of journals, including the Atlantic, Ploughshares, Glimmer Train, and Five Points. She lives in Gainesville, Florida.