Lauren
Quinn

Lauren Quinn is a writer, editor, and educator. Her nonfiction has appeared in Los Angeles Times, The Believer, Guernica, Hazlitt, and Best American Travel Writing, among others. She was an Autumn 2024 Tin House Scholar.

Lauren is currently an MFA candidate at UC Irvine, where she is at work on a speculative historical fiction novel. A former high school teacher, she also holds an MEd from UCLA and served as the executive editor of Motley Bloom.

Lauren lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children. She will always be an Oakland girl at heart.