Lauren Oliver was born in Queens, New York in 1982 and grew up in Westchester, New York. In fact, she got the inspiration for the setting in her novel, Before I Fall, from Westchester. With both of her parents being literature professors, she grew up in an environment where reading and writing were both highly encouraged hobbies, and soon enough, she developed a passion for them. She likes for her present-day house to be that way,too.
When Oliver grew older, she attended University of Chicago and majored in philosophy and literature. She later went to NYU and attended the MFA program there for creative writing. After that, she started working in Penguin Books, and that is when she began working on her bestselling novel Before I Fall. She eventually left the company to pursue a career as a full-time writer.
Going back to Delirium, Oliver says that she found some interesting things as she was writing the book. She says that when she was initially listing the symptoms of deliria nervosa, also known as the "love disease," she realized that love really did sound like a disease, making it even more fitting to be understood as one in the book. She also talks about how the audience for Delirium doesn't only have to be teens, and how it could be read by an older audience as well. According to her, adults are capable of having romantic anxieties just as much as teens, making them a suitable audience,too.
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It seems like you did a lot of research on the author and found many great facts about her. I espically like how in the last paragraph you relate the title to the love disease.
ReplyDeleteI really like how you went in depth with the author's background. It really said alot about the author herself and her style of writing. I also liked how you wrote the last paragraph so it relates back to what you have learned through the book.
ReplyDeleteIt's really interesting and cool how you included facts about the authors background and life, to see maybe why they write what they write about and how they come up with ideas for their books!
ReplyDeletei really like how you included all those facts about the author. it kept the post very interesting.
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