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Lauren Wilkinson

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Lauren Wilkinson earned an MFA in fiction and literary translation from Columbia University, and has taught writing at Columbia and the Fashion Institute of Technology. She was a 2013 Center for Fiction Emerging Writer’s Fellow, and has also received support from the MacDowell Colony and the Djerassi Resident Artists Program. Lauren grew up in New York and lives on the Lower East Side. American Spy is her first novel.

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Average rating: 3.48 · 31,058 ratings · 3,592 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Nada by Carmen Laforet, Lauren Wilkinson (Goodreads Author) (Introduction), Edith Grossman (Translator) 3.83 avg rating — 31,497 ratings — published 1944 — 173 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American Spy 3.50 avg rating — 29,581 ratings — published 2019 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Scandal in Brooklyn 3.11 avg rating — 1,289 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The first few moments after you meet someone are precious, because the data on them is plentiful and your own subjectivity has yet to interfere.”
― Lauren Wilkinson, American Spy

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“I don’t like to say what I’ve read. That’s how you disclose the most about yourself.”
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“I hope that if you're called to resist injustice you'll have the courage to do so. I hope you'll love fiercely and freely. In those ways I hope you'll be good Americans”
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