Lauren Young, 14, Book Cover Artist & Homepage Gif Designer

Lauren and her older brother don’t talk much because he is from an alien planet. She thinks her brother agrees because when Lauren was in 1st grade, her brother was giving a presentation and described her as “just a stranger who lived in his house.” Perhaps this is because when he’s not there, Lauren loves to make a mess, play BTS at ear-cracking volume, and create art in a tornado. She loves the scent of nail polish and Sharpies because it’s the scent of creation, peeling dried glue off of her hands, and wishes she had a cat. She would really like to know what she will look like ten years from now and loves designing her own clothes and costumes because fashion gives you the opportunity to be seen. When not skiing in the trees and around moguls, she loves dancing of all kinds, and figuring out how to make it look (with SFX makeup) that she accidentally stabbed herself with a pencil! Lauren admits she talks to herself when no one else is around as it keeps her focused. She hopes to find out one day where her tornado of creativity is going.