Quote of the day
An apparent confusion, if lived with long enough, may become orderly... A rare experience of a moment at daybreak, when something in nature seems to reveal all consciousness, cannot be explained at noon. Yet it is part of the day's unity
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)







