About

Lauren Wolk is best known for her novels, including the New York Times bestselling novel Wolf Hollow, which won a 2017 Newbery Honor, the 2016 New England Book Award, a 2017 Jane Addams Honor, the 2018 Massachusetts Book Award, and other honors.

In 2017, Dutton published Beyond the Bright Sea, which won the 2018 Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction and was short-listed for several awards, including the New England Book Award and the Carnegie Award (U.K.).

In 2020, Echo Mountain was named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, and others. 

Dutton published My Own Lightning, a sequel to Wolf Hollow, in 2022.

Lauren's latest novel, Candle Island, published in 2025, was a finalist for the New England Book Award. 

On May 19, 2026, Dutton will publish her first picture book, The Outermost Mouse. Two other picture books are currently in production.

Collectively, her books have won over 50 state book awards. Lauren was also honored with the 2024 Children's Literature Award by the Massachusetts Reading Association.

Additionally, Lauren is a visual artist represented by the Larkin Gallery (Provincetown and Harwich Port, Massachusetts), an award-winning poet, and a filmmaker.

The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod recently named Lauren 2026 Artist of the Year, along with her InkLines Project co-founder Jackie Reeves.

Lauren is represented by Jodi Reamer at Writers House, NYC.  jreamer@writershouse.com

Her publicist at Penguin Young Readers, Lizzie Goodell, can be reached at lgoodell@penguinrandomhouse.com.

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