Lauren DeStefano
Lauren DeStefano
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Lauren DeStefano was born October 13, 1984, in New Haven, Connecticut, and holds a BA in English with a creative writing concentration from Albertus Magnus College. She is the New York Times bestselling author of the dystopian Chemical Garden trilogy, comprising Wither, Fever, and Sever, in which a genetic disease kills women by twenty and men by twenty-five, and a teenage girl is forced into polygamous marriage to keep the population alive.
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The Chemical Garden series should be read in the following order: Wither, Fever, and then Sever. These three books form a complete dystopian trilogy.
Lauren DeStefano is best known for her Chemical Garden trilogy, which explores a dystopian future where human life spans are severely limited. This series gained significant popularity in the young adult genre.
While primarily known for her dystopian young adult novels, Lauren DeStefano has also written fantasy and science fiction works for younger readers, expanding her range beyond her most famous series.