Lauren McLaughlin

I’m on a crushing deadline, so I have very little time to blog right this minute, but I wanted to call people’s attention to the fact that this is Banned Books Week. The American Library Association and many others will be honoring that most American of freedoms (the freedom to think for yourself) by […]

Over at YA for Obama, the ingenious Scott Westerfeld has crunched some numbers for us. Turns out, according to his research, Democrats are vastly better at growing the economy than Republicans. But Republicans, to their credit, excel at racking up debt and presiding over huge economic meltdowns.
Check it out.

I can be shockingly naive sometimes. For a very brief period of time, I actually entertained the hope that with the emergence of two relative outsiders as presidential party nominees, we could begin to move American politics away from the old Left/Right slug fest and toward something new. I was hoping we could begin debating […]

The mind-bendingly talented Scott Westerfeld, author of Uglies, Midnighters, Peeps, and so many thrilling tales it strains credulity, has just posted an interview with me on his website. Some highlights:

What 6:00 AM is like
Alternate meanings for P.M.S.
How and why to erase a whole person

Dive in! (You know you want to.)