Lauren Okie is the USA Today bestselling author of Tropesick and The Best Worst Thing. Her third novel, Thirtysomething, comes out July 2027. She lives in the Los Angeles area.
Thirtysomething
coming July 27, 2027
From the bestselling author of Tropesick, this intimate, grounded love story follows a washed-up party girl and a newly divorced neurosurgeon who return to their hometown for the summer and agree to recreate a coming-of-age movie, a game that surfaces their deepest shames and their impossible, rapidly growing attachment to one another.
Tropesick
available now!
In this lush, slow-burning romance, two childhood neighbors, connected by a shared tragedy, unexpectedly reunite to ghostwrite a love story for a reclusive author. Spending the summer at her secluded Hamptons estate, they soon discover that dozens of classic romance tropes, including the ones they’re crafting on page, are mysteriously playing out in real life.
The Best Worst Thing
available now!
When a thirty-something infertility podcaster discovers her husband is having an affair, she finds herself at the doorstep of a former colleague she never could quite forget. But when she learns her surrogate has finally become pregnant, she’s forced to come to terms with her past and her unique path to motherhood . . . all while falling in love with someone new.
Lauren is represented by Sabrina Taitz at William Morris Endeavor.
Literary: Sabrina Taitz, WME
Film and TV: Nicole Weinroth, WME
Publicity: Jessica Cozzi, HarperCollins
Marketing: Michelle Lecumberry, HarperCollins