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Lauren Roberts

Lauren Roberts is a young adult fantasy and romantasy author best known for the Powerless trilogy and its companion novellas. ((https://www.laurenrobertslibrary.com/)) Her fiction focuses on fantasy worlds and romance-driven storytelling. ((https://www.laurenrobertslibrary.com/)) She is a #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling writer whose books have sold over five million copies worldwide. ((https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Powerful/Lauren-Roberts/The-Powerless-Trilogy/9781665981835))

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Lauren Roberts is a Michigan-based young adult fantasy author whose rise began before she had formally entered publishing. Raised in Michigan, she had been writing stories for years and posting on TikTok since her teens. At 18, while balancing college classes and a part-time job, she read part of a college assignment aloud on TikTok Live; the response pushed her toward fiction on a larger scale. She drafted Powerless in a matter of months, moved home to learn self-publishing, and brought out the novel in early 2023, when she was 19. ((https://www.laurenrobertslibrary.com/about/))

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Thick, hot liquid runs down my arm
-Powerless
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"Hide your feelings, hide your fear, and most importantly, hide behind your facade."
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Her name is on a list of the dead
-Powerful
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Well, it seems I’ve become utterly useless, then
-Reckless
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He calls me weak and all I hear is Ordinary
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"Lauren Roberts is the bestselling author of the Powerless series"

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"Lauren Roberts's exciting story thrills with flirtatious banter, cutthroat battles, and searing betrayals"

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"Lauren Roberts won in the young adult category for Powerless, a romantasy about an ordinary in a magical kingdom who poses as a psychic and falls for a prince"

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"Author Lauren Roberts is never nervous in front of a crowd"

Publishers Weekly

"TikTok sensation Lauren Roberts, whose book Powerless was originally self-published, made her traditional debut with Simon & Schuster in 2023"

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"Lauren Roberts' dystopian YA fantasy series has earned her adoring fans worldwide — as well as pressure and scrutiny"

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"Globally bestselling romantasy author Lauren Roberts, creator of the smash-hit Powerless series, will appear in conversation at Melbourne Town Hall"

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