Lauren Nicolle Taylor is the bestselling author of The Woodlands series and the award-winning YA novel Nora & Kettle (Gold medal Winner for Multicultural fiction, Independent Publishers Book Awards 2017), which is the first book in the acclaimed Paper Stars series.She has a Health Science degree and an honors degree in Obstetrics and Gynecology.A full time writer and artist, Lauren recently moved from Australia to Canada with her husband and three children for a new adventure.She is a proud hapa and draws on her multicultural background in all of her novels. Lauren is represented by Golden Wheat Literary.