Lau­ren Kate is the #1 New York Times and inter­na­tion­al­ly best­selling author of nine nov­els for young adults, includ­ing Fall­en, which was made into a major motion pic­ture by Sony. Her books have been trans­lat­ed into more than thir­ty lan­guages and have sold more than ten mil­lion copies world­wide. She lives in Los Ange­les with her fam­i­ly. The Orphan’s Song is her debut adult novel.