Christina Lauren

Christina Lauren
Pen name	Lauren Billings, Christina Hobbs
Occupation	author
Period	2009 to present
Genre	Romance, Paranormal, Erotic Romance, Young adult
Notable works	Beautiful Bastard, Sweet Filthy Boy
Website
www.christinalaurenbooks.com

Christina Lauren (the combined penname of Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings) is an American author of contemporary fiction, teen fiction and romance novels.

Career

The pair met in 2009 while writing fanfiction online, and in 2010 became coauthors, signing agent Holly Root from the Waxman-Leavell Literary Agency in 2011.^[1]

Author of ten NYT Bestselling novels, their work is currently translated in over 28 languages.^[2]

Together they present workshops and have been speakers at events such as RT Booklovers Convention, Book Expo of America (BEA), Romance Writers of America (RWA), and are frequent guests at San Diego Comic Con International.^[3][4][5]

Beautiful Series

In 2013 Beautiful Bastard was optioned by Constantin Film for a film adaptation. Jeremy Bolt is set to produce.^[6] The screenplay for the adaptation was co-written by Christina Lauren and Stephanie Sanditz.^[7]

Wild Seasons Series

The second series by the author debuted in 2014. The first novel of the series, Sweet Filthy Boy, earned the Romantic Times Book of the Year award for 2014.^[8] The series centers on a group of friends following graduation from college. Lauren has been praised for writing delectable heroes and strong-willed heroines to match.^[9] Like books in the Beautiful series, all of the Wild Seasons books to date have hit the New York Times list.^[10]

Honors

• 2013 Best Romance Nominee Goodreads Choice Awards (Beautiful Bastard)^[11]
• 2013 Best Romance Audible.com (Beautiful Stranger)^[12]
• 2014 RT Seal of Excellence Award (Sweet Filthy Boy)^[13]
• 2014 RT Book of the Year (Sweet Filthy Boy)^[14]
• 2014 RT Best Romance Nominee Goodreads Choice Awards (Sweet Filthy Boy)^[15]
• 2015 Kirkus Starred Review (The House) ^[16]

Bibliography

Series

Beautiful

• Beautiful Bastard (2013)
• Beautiful Bitch (2013)
• Beautiful Bombshell (2013)
• Beautiful Beginning (2013)
• Beautiful Stranger (2013)
• Beautiful Beloved (2015)
• Beautiful Player (2013)
• Beautiful Boss (2016)
• Beautiful Secret (2015)

Wild Seasons

• Sweet Filthy Boy (2014)
• Sweet Filthy Morning After (2014)
• Dirty Rowdy Thing (2014)
• Dark Wild Night (2015)
• Wicked Sexy Liar (2016)

Young Adult Novels

• Sublime (2014)
• The House (2015)

Charity Work

Along with fellow writer Nina Bocci, the pair created and ran a non-profit organization known as Fandom Gives Back. From 2009-2012 Fandom Gives Back raised over $235,000 for Alex’s Lemonade Stand.^[17]

References