I shiver, thinking how easy it is to be totally wrong about people, to see one tiny part of them and confuse it for the whole.

—Lauren Oliver in Before I Fall

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About Lauren Oliver

Portrait of Lauren Oliver

Lauren Oliver (born Laura Suzanne Schechter; November 8, 1982) is an American author of numerous young adult novels including Panic; the Delirium trilogy: Delirium, Pandemonium, and Requiem; and Before I Fall, which became a major motion picture in 2017. Panic was also turned into a series by Amazon studios. She...

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