Lauren Karcz is a fan of books, dogs, long sentences, Broadway shows, adverbs, and wandering art museums. She's a professional language nerd, having worked as an ESL teacher, a language test developer, and now as a writer. Lauren lives with her family in Atlanta. THE GALLERY OF UNFINISHED GIRLS is Lauren's debut novel. It was a 2017 Junior Library Guild selection and a 2019 ALA Rainbow List honoree. Visit Lauren online at https://www.laurenkarcz.com. Find her on Twitter and Instagram as @laurenkarcz.