Lauren DeStefano
7 SeriesLauren DeStefano is an American author known for her YA dystopian and utopian fiction, including the Chemical Garden and Internment Chronicles series. She is a New York Times bestselling author. Lauren holds an English degree from Albertus Magnus College in Connecticut.
At Brassmere Academy for the Extraordinary, a school for gifted orphans, twelve-year-old Plum and her friends Vien, Gwendle, and Artem explore dangerous quests in their shared dreams. One night, Plum receives a warning of their impending danger, and the next morning, Artem disappears. As Plum, Vien, and Gwendle search for Artem in both the dreaming and waking worlds, they uncover disturbing secrets about Brassmere's true intentions. They must find Artem before it's too late, or risk becoming the next to vanish.
