Lauren Tarshis (born November 23, 1963) is an American author of children's books, with several series of fiction, non-fiction and historical fiction works found in thousands of libraries and translated into several languages.Something About the Author, v. 187
She is the author of the New York Times bestselling series I Survived. The historical fiction books, aimed at children in grades 3–5, focus on historical disasters from the perspective of a child.
She is also the author of Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree, a Golden Kite honor book for fiction and Oprah's Book Club pick, and the sequel Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell in Love. The books are on many state lists and are often used by schools as part of anti-bully programs.https://www.mohave.juniorlibraryguild.com/books/view/9780803733213 Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell in Love by Lauren Tarshis-Junior Library Guild
Tarshis is SVP editor-in-chief and publisher of the Classroom Magazine Division at Scholastic, Inc., which includes Storyworks magazine, a language arts magazine for children in grades 3-6 that she has edited for several years.
Bibliography Title Publication date Type Notes The Making of Ironweed Non-fiction Taking Off: Extraordinary Ways to Spend Your First Year Out of College Kate: The Katharine Hepburn Album Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree Fiction Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell In Love I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 Historical fiction I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906 I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001 I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 I Survived the Japanese Tsunami, 2011 I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944 I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, A.D. 79 I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 I Survived the Joplin Tornado, 2011 I Survived the Hindenburg Disaster, 1937 I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 I Survived the Children's Blizzard, 1888 I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967September 25, 2018I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944January 29, 2019I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919September 3, 2019I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018September 1, 2020I Survived the Galveston Hurricane, 1900September 7, 2021I Survived the Wellington Avalanche, 1910 September 6, 2022I Survived the Great Alaska earthquake, 1964November 7, 2023I Survived the Black Death, 1348October 15, 2024I Survived the Dust Bowl, 1935October 7, 2025I Survived The Night of the Lions, 2025September 15, 2026I Survived True Stories: Five Epic Disasters September 30, 2014Non-fictionI Survived True Stories #2: Nature Attacks!September 29, 2015Non-fictionI Survived True Stories #3: Tornado Terror True Tornado Survival Stories and Amazing Facts from History and TodayFebruary 28, 2017Non-fictionI Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 graphic novelFebruary 4, 2020Graphic novel - historical fictionI Survived graphic novel #1I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 graphic novelJune 2, 2020I Survived graphic novel #2I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944 graphic novelFebruary 2, 2021I Survived graphic novel #3I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001 graphic novelAugust 3, 2021I Survived graphic novel #4I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967 graphic novelMay 3, 2022I Survived graphic novel #5I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 graphic novelOctober 18, 2022I Survived graphic novel #6I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 graphic novelMay 2, 2023I Survived graphic novel #7I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 graphic novelSeptember 5, 2023I Survived graphic novel #8I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944 graphic novelApril 2, 2024I Survived graphic novel #9I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 graphic novelJuly 2, 2024I Survived graphic novel #10I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 graphic novelMarch 4, 2025I Survived graphic novel #11I Survived the Japanese Tsunami, 2011 graphic novelAugust 5, 2025I Survived graphic novel #12I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018 graphic novelFebruary 3, 2026I Survived graphic novel #13I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 graphic novelJuly 7, 2026I Survived graphic novel #14
Emma-Jean Lazarus books
Emma-Jean Lazarus fell out of a tree (2007), in over 1,600 WorldCat libraries (reviewed by Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books) Translated into French as Pourquoi Emma-Jane est tombée de l'arbre, et ce qui s'ensuivit... (2010) Translated into German as Emma-Jean und das Geheimnis des Glücks (2009) Translated into Japanese as エマ・ジーン・ラザルス、木から落ちる / Ema jīn razarusu ki kara ochiru (2008) Emma-Jean Lazarus fell in love (2009), in over 1,000 WorldCat libraries Translated into German as Emma-Jean und das Geheimnis der Freundschaft (2011)
I Survived series Tarshis has written 25 books for the I Survived series as of April 2023. These are historical fiction books about children who survive different disasters throughout history, including storms, wars, battles, genocides, terrorist attacks, and wild animal attacks. The tagline for the series is "When Disaster Strikes, Heroes Are Made." The books are published by Scholastic Inc.
The first book in the series, published in 2010, is I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912.
The latest book in the series, published in 2025, is I Survived the Dust Bowl, 1935.
In 2018, the first of six I Survived books in Spanish were released for the U.S. market: Sobreviví los Ataques de Tiburones de 1916 (I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916). In 2019, two more titles were released: Sobreviví el Naufragio del Titanic, 1912 (I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912), and Sobreviví el Terremoto de San Francisco, 1906 (I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906). In 2020, a fourth title was released: Sobreviví el huracán Katrina, 2005 (I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005). Two more Spanish language I Survived titles were released in 2021, Sobreviví el Bomdardeo de Pearl Harbor, 1941 (I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941) and Sobreviví los ataques del 11 de septiembre de 2001 (I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001).
Tarshis has also written three non-fiction books for the I Survived True Stories spin-off series, featuring some of the real events that the I Survived historical fiction books are based on. I Survived True Stories #1: Five Epic Disasters was released in 2014, followed in 2015 by I Survived True Stories #2 Nature Attacks!, and by I Survived True Stories #3 Tornado Terror in 2017.
In 2020, two new graphic novels were released: I Survived The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 and I Survived The Shark Attacks of 1916.
I Survived books have been translated into ten languages: Chinese, Czech, French, Japanese, Korean, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Vietnamese.
Other works The making of Ironweed (1988), also written by Claudio Edinger and William Kennedy
References
External links Tarshis' author site Scholastic's I Survived site