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My Take
Groff is one of the most committed literary voices working today, and I mean committed in the bodily sense. You feel her sink completely into language. Fates and Furies put her on the map, but what impresses me is the breadth: five novels, three story collections, a Guggenheim, and a 2024 spot on Time's 100 most influential people. The detail I love most is that she has worked as a bookseller, which tells you she lives inside books from every angle, not just as an author. Born in 1978, she is still very much in her prime, and I genuinely look forward to wherever her imagination goes next.
Overview
Lauren Groff (born July 23, 1978) is an American novelist and short story writer. She has written five novels and three short story collections, including Delicate Edible Birds (2009), Fates and Furies (2015), Matrix (2022), The Vaster Wilds (2023), and Brawler (2026). She was named one of the 100 most influential people by Time in 2024.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lauren Groff
- Name (Japanese)
- ローレン・グロッフ
- Reading
- ろーれん・ぐろっふ
- Born
- July 23, 1978 (age 47)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Horse
- Origin
- Cooperstown, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- novelist / short story writer / bookseller / writer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Wisconsin–Madison
Awards & achievements
- 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship
- 2017 grand prix de l'héroïne Madame Figaro du roman étranger
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Novelist — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.