About Lauren Acampora

Lauren Acampora is the author of THE PAPER WASP and THE WONDER GARDEN, both published by Grove Atlantic.

THE PAPER WASP, her first novel, was published in June 2019 and has been named one of the best books of the summer by The New York Times Book Review, USA Today, Oprah Magazine, ELLE, Town & Country, BBC.com, Tatler, Daily Mail (UK), Thrillist, Boston.com, and Publishers Weekly.

Her debut collection of linked stories, THE WONDER GARDEN, was published in 2015. It was named a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection and an Indie Next selection and was chosen as one of the best books of the year by Amazon and NPR. It also won the GLCA New Writers Award and was a finalist for the New England Book Award.

Lauren's short fiction and other writing has also appeared in publications such as The Paris Review, Guernica, Missouri Review, Prairie Schooner, New England Review, Antioch Review, The New York Times Book Review, and LitHub. She is a graduate of Brown University, earned an MFA from Brooklyn College, and has received fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the Ucross Foundation, Writers OMI International Residency, and the Ragdale Foundation.

Lauren lives in Westchester County, New York, with her husband, artist Thomas Doyle, and their daughter.