Lauren Kate

Lauren Kate (born March 21, 1981) is an American author of adult and young adult fiction. Thus far she has published fourteen novels and one novella. Her books have been translated into over thirty languages, have sold more than eleven million copies worldwide, and have spent combined months on the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list.

Her titles include ''The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove'' and '' Fallen'', which reached number 1 on the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list for children's chapter books. ''Fallen''s sequel ''Torment'' entered the ''NYT'' Best Seller list at number 1. The sequels ''Passion'' and ''Rapture'' also reached the spot of NYT Best Seller No. 1.

Biography

Kate was raised in Dallas, Texas, and has a master's degree in fiction from the University of California, Davis. Kate has stated that experience of the " Old South" in the Atlanta area (she went to college at Emory) inspired her to set ''Fallen'' in a Civil War era academy.

Kate married Jason Morphew, a poet and singer-songwriter, at the winery where Morphew worked in Esparto, CA, in 2009. They have two children.

Work

Her standalone novel, ''The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove'', was released on November 12, 2009, and her second work, ''Fallen'' (the first in the Fallen series), was released that same year. '' Torment'', the sequel to ''Fallen'', released on 28 September 2010, debuted at number 1 on the ''New York Times'' Bestseller List (''Fallen'' came in that week at number 2), remaining at that position through the week of October 17. The paperback edition of ''Fallen'' debuted at number 1 on the list, as well. The third book in the ''Fallen'' series, entitled ''Passion'', was released on June 14, 2011. A new edition of ''Natalie Hargrove'' was also released on the same day as the paperback edition of ''Torment''. On June 23, ''Passion'' reached number 7 on the ''USA Today'' Bestseller List, for books overall. On July 3, 2011, ''Passion'' qualified the ''Fallen'' books for the Series section of the ''New York Times'' Bestseller List; it entered the list at number 2, behind the ''Hunger Games'' books. Each of the aforementioned ''Fallen'' books has appeared atop many other countries' bestseller lists, as well.

''Fallen in Love''—a collection of novellas set in the Middle Ages that tell the back-stories of several of the ''Fallen'' series' main characters—was published on January 24, 2012. ''Rapture'', the final installment of the series, was published on June 12, 2012. ''Unforgiven'', a spin-off novel featuring the side-character Cam Briel from the series and his love Lilith, was released on November 10, 2015.

Relativity Media optioned the film rights to the entire series on the day of ''Fallen''s release (December 9, 2009).

Random House released the first book of Kate's subsequent series, ''Teardrop'', in October 2013. A prequel novella, titled ''Last Day of Love'', was released two months later in December 2013.

Kate's in the process of publishing an interlocking paranormal trilogy of Los Angeles rom-coms, starting with 2024's ''What's in a Kiss?''. The second installment is ''The Spirit of Love'', set to be released in 2025. The third and final novel in the trilogy will be published in 2026.

On May 2, Kate announced that she'd been contracted to write a new trilogy of fantasy novels called ''White Lights''. The trilogy marks Kate's return to the love between angels and mortals.

Publications

Middle grade

*''One True Wish'' (April 25, 2023)

Young adult

''Fallen'' series

* '' Fallen'' (December 9, 2009) – #1 New York Times Best Seller
* '' Torment'' (September 28, 2010) – #1 New York Times Best Seller
* '' Passion'' (June 14, 2011) – #1 New York Times Best Seller
* '' Fallen In Love'' (January 24, 2012) – New York Times Best Seller
* ''Rapture'' (June 12, 2012) – #1 New York Times Best Seller
* ''Angels In The Dark'' (Short Story Collection) (December 10, 2013)
* ''Unforgiven'' (November 10, 2015)

''Teardrop'' series

* ''Teardrop'' (October 22, 2013) – New York Times Best Seller
* ''Last Day of Love'' (Prequel Novella) (December 10, 2013)
* ''Waterfall'' (October 28, 2014)

Standalone novels

* ''The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove'' (November 12, 2009)

Adult

Standalone novels

* ''The Orphan's Song'' (June 25, 2019)
* ''By Any Other Name'' (March 1, 2022)
''What's in a Kiss?'' trilogy
* ''What's in a Kiss?'' (July 2, 2024)
*''The Spirit of Love'' (July 1, 2025)
*TBD (2026)

Inspiration for characters

Kate has said that her characters are based on people that she knows, such as her husband being the "original" Cam Briel, a character from the ''Fallen'' novels.

On social media Kate has said that ''By Any Other Name'' is based on a true story that happened to her. In her twenties, while she was working as a publisher in New York, her overseas boyfriend broke up with her upon her arrival to meet him for a romantic motorcycle ride down the Amalfi Coast.

Adaptations

The first film based on the novel '' Fallen'' was released in United States theaters on November 18, 2016, by Relativity Media. The next film '' Torment'' was in development. It is unknown whether the last two novels '' Passion'' and ''Rapture'' will be adapted as well.

'' Variety'' announced on Sept. 9, 2022 that a TV series based on the '' Fallen'' books is in production.

The 8-Part TV series adaptation of ''Fallen'' debuted o
AMC
in Spring 2025.

Fallen-related music

Kate has said she mysteriously discovered original recordings from the novel ''Unforgiven'' by Cam and Lilith's band Revenge.

References

External links

Official Lauren Kate website

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1981 births
Living people
American writers of young adult literature
American women novelists
21st-century American novelists
21st-century American women writers
Writers from Dayton, Ohio
Writers from Dallas
University of California, Davis alumni
American women writers of young adult literature
Novelists from Texas
Novelists from Ohio