Lauren Tarshis

Lauren Tarshis is the Senior Vice President and Editor-in-Chief/Publisher, Scholastic Classroom Magazines, where she oversees more than 30 classroom magazines, which reach more than 25 million students. In her more than 25 years with Scholastic, Lauren has helped transform the company’s print magazines into the powerful learning tools they are today. In her current role, she is helping to expand the magazines’ deep connection to American classrooms and ensure their vital role in providing teachers and students with an understanding of the contemporary world. In addition to her work at Scholastic, Lauren is an award-winning New York Times bestselling author. Her acclaimed I Survived series published by Scholastic, which has more than 23 million copies in print to date, tells stories of young people and their resilience and strength in the midst of unimaginable disasters. Lauren can be found online at laurentarshis.com.

Twitter: @LaurenTarshis