Lauren Junker, she/her, lives in Santa Cruz with spouse and child. She is a person who loves to help others, a mother and a loving spouse. Writing has been a tool to process the hard things that have challenged Lauren’s life and writing allows her to work through the hard.
Magical Realisim presents itself frequently in Lauren’s short stories and allows humor to hold hands with difficult topics. Emotions and emotional connections are a vital part of Lauren’s writing and it is the emotional connections that will draw readers into her writing and make connections of their own.