Lauren Christopher is the author of the Sandy Cove series, which includes The Red Bikini and Ten Good Reasons. She has been a 2015 Holt Medallion finalist and a 2012 Golden Heart finalist. A professional writer for more than two decades, she has worked on projects ranging from NASA video scripts to restaurant reviews to feature stories on the origins of Santa Claus. A graduate of UCLA with a degree in English, she resides in Southern California with her husband and three children.