Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Lauren Tarshis

Born: November 23, 1963 (age 61)
Bio: Lauren Tarshis is an author of children's books, with several series of fiction and historical works found in thousands of libraries and translated into several languages. She is also the editor of Storyworks magazine.
Known for:
- I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 (2010)
- I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 (2011)
- The Japanese Tsunami, 2011 (2013)
- I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 (2013)
- Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree (2007)