Lauren Tarshis often wonders how she came to spend most of her waking moments thinking about disasters, as the author of the children's historical fiction series "I Survived." Each book takes readers into the heart of history's most thrilling and terrifying events. Tarshis lives in Connecticut with her husband and four children, with her parents, mother-in-law, brother and sister-in-law and three nieces close by. When she's not with family, working on Storyworks (a great magazine for kids), or writing, she likes to be with my friends. Lauren is also the author of the the award-winning Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree and its sequel, Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell in Love. (Website: www.laurentarshis.com)
