Lauren Groff is a fiction novelist and short story writer. Groff's first novel, "The Monsters of Templeton," was in 2008. Her first collection of short stories, "Delicate Edible Birds," was published in 2009. Her second novel, "Arcadia," was published in 2012. Her third novel, "Fates and Furies," was published in 2015. Her work has also appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Five Points, Ploughshares, and the anthologies Best New American Voices 2008, Pushcart Prize XXXII, and Best American Short Stories 2007, 2010 and 2014 editions. Groff was born and raised in Cooperstown, New York. She received her B.A. from Amherst College and her M.F.A. in Fiction from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.