Biography
A favorite photo of my family. (Can you tell we love to sail?)
Left to right: my husband Jack, my son Brent,
my daughter Devon, my son Blake, and me.
LAUREN ROYAL is a
New York Times and
USA Today bestselling author of humorous historical romance, mostly set in England and Scotland.
Her “truly enchanting” novels have won many awards including
Booklist's “Top 10 Romance of the Year,” and they’ve earned raves from
reviewers including
Publishers Weekly, who calls her “an impressive talent.”
All of Lauren’s books are complete, stand-alone stories, and yet they are also all connected—because they all feature her beloved
“outrageously funny, loyal, compassionate, and unconventional” Chase family!
Lauren writes steamy historical romance on her own and sweet/clean historical romance with her daughter, Devon. She lives in Southern
California with her family, their two constantly shedding cats, and a stupendous collection of fuzzy socks. When she's not busy writing,
she enjoys singing along (off-key) to Hamilton, dancing (badly), and (wasting time) watching HGTV.
Facts & Favorites from readers' questions
- Date and Place of Birth
- March 3, Hollywood, California
- Pets
- Katya and Ruslan, both Siberian Forest cats
- Candy
- Fudge Brownie M&Ms
- Romance novels
- A Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux
- Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
- Other books
- The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
(actually, pretty much everything by Ken Follett)
- This Perfect Day by Ira Levin
- The Bronze Horseman series by Paullina Simons
- Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella (plus nearly everything else by her)
- 11/22/63 by Stephen King
- Sports
- Ice hockey, gymnastics, figure skating, baseball, and anything
during the Olympics! (Please note: I watch these
sports. You'd laugh if you saw me try to do them.)
- Teams
- Anaheim Ducks, Anaheim Angels
- Food
- Prime rib, artichokes, crème brûlée
- Drink
- Iced tea, Otima port
- Color
- Red—the brighter the better!
- Collections
- Antique books and original set lists from concerts I've been to
- Movies
- Private Benjamin, The Thomas Crown Affair, The American President,
When Harry Met Sally, True Lies, Ever After, Love Actually,
Pride and Prejudice (2005 version), The Holiday, Crazy Stupid Love
- Play
- Hamilton
- Music
- Rock 'n roll, Celtic, Renaissance (but not classical!)
- Musical artists
- Del Amitri, Al Stewart, Crowded House (and all things Finn), Toad the Wet Sprocket, The Beatles, The Young Dubliners,
Five for Fighting, The Gin Blossoms, Jimmy Buffett, and The Who
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