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Lauren Mansy<\/strong> grew up in the Chicago area, where she spent years working with youth of all ages, from young children to high schoolers. When she’s not writing, Lauren loves to travel, spend time with her family, and explore the city to find the best deep dish pizza. The Memory Thief<\/em>, which was inspired by Lauren’s own journey with her mother, is her first novel. You can visit her online at laurenmansy.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lauren Mansy grew up in the Chicago area, where she spent years working with youth of all ages, from young children to high schoolers. When she’s not writing, Lauren loves to travel, spend time with her family, and explore the city to find the best deep dish pizza. The Memory Thief, which was inspired by Lauren’s own journey with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2881,"template":"","class_list":["post-2879","sp_authors_posts","type-sp_authors_posts","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLauren Mansy - Blink YA Books<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.harpercollinsfocus.hcusweb.com\/blinkyabooks\/authors\/lauren-mansy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lauren Mansy - Blink YA Books\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lauren Mansy grew up in the Chicago area, where she spent years working with youth of all ages, from young children to high schoolers. When she’s not writing, Lauren loves to travel, spend time with her family, and explore the city to find the best deep dish pizza. The Memory Thief, which was inspired by Lauren’s own journey with […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.harpercollinsfocus.hcusweb.com\/blinkyabooks\/authors\/lauren-mansy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blink YA Books\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-23T09:49:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.harpercollinsfocus.hcusweb.com\/blinkyabooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/MansyL-e1585575985750.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.harpercollinsfocus.hcusweb.com\\\/blinkyabooks\\\/authors\\\/lauren-mansy\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.harpercollinsfocus.hcusweb.com\\\/blinkyabooks\\\/authors\\\/lauren-mansy\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lauren Mansy - 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