Lauren Gibaldi is a public librarian who’s been, among other things, a magazine editor, high school English teacher, bookseller, and circus aerialist (seriously). She has a BA in Literature and Master’s in Library and Information Studies. She lives in Orlando, Florida with her husband and daughters. Her books include THE NIGHT WE SAID YES, AUTOFOCUS, and THIS TINY PERFECT WORLD. BATTLE OF THE BANDS, her co-edited anthology, releases September 2021.

She loves pasta, musicals, and cheesy jokes.