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PRAISE FOR EVERYTHING CHANGES EVERYTHING

“Lovely, aching, and heartbreakingly real.”
—Rene Denfeld, bestselling author of The Child Finder

Everything Changes Everything is a gift to anyone who has ever woken up in a life they don’t recognize anymore.” 
—Janine Urbaniak Reid,  author of The Opposite of Certainty

"Piercing without a trace of pity. Everything Changes Everything is a triumph.”
—Becky Ellis, author of Little Avalanches

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Author Lauren Kessler

Hey there. Welcome.

This is me. Or rather, a curated version of me. (For the real me, we’ll have to go hiking together.) I am a narrative nonfiction author. That means I write about real people doing real things in the real world. That’s the nonfiction part. The narrative part is the way I tell it: stories with plot that come alive with characters and scenes. Like, you know, fiction. But not.

I’m the author of 15 books, scores of magazine articles and countless (well, I could count, but I haven’t) essays and blogs. Come. Take a look.

Works by Lauren

  • Books

    Be curious, inspired, and moved by these richly-detailed stories about real people. The power of fact. The resonance of fiction

  • Articles

    What do I write about? Well, everything. Exotic plant smuggling, Death with Dignity, Mr. Potato Head, the art and craft of nonfiction. And more.

  • Blogs

    Enjoy these bite-sized essays on love, life, loss, challenges, politics, prisons, and chickens.