Lauren Holmes
Lauren Holmes
Lauren Holmes is an American author and writer of short stories. She published her first collection of short stories, Barbara the Slut and Other People in 2015...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
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I had this idea that I would write a companion cookbook to 'Barbara the Slut.' The recipes would be like, 'Put the Lucky Charms in the bowl.'
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I did work at Planned Parenthood between college and grad school. For me, anywhere that I worked or anywhere that I've come to know intimately is a great place to set a story because it's a place where you know all the details already, and you don't have to make them up; you can just borrow them.
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I got into writing in college... well, in elementary school. But in college, I started writing seriously and had a professor who read my writing and gave me permission to pursue that as a real effort and time-consuming effort.