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About Lauren

Lauren Artiles (she/they) is the Director of Community Engagement and Events. In this role, she supervises GrubStreet's events, Manuscript Mart and Manuscript Month, Intensive alumni and membership programming, and partner initiatives; and works to cultivate a warm, welcoming third place where every writer feels at home and empowered at each stage of their artistic journey. Lauren teaches and writes short fiction. She received an MFA in Writing from CalArts and is an alum of GrubStreet's Short Story Incubator program. Lauren's writing has been supported by a Vermont Studio Center Fellowship and Mass Cultural Council. Outside of work, her greatest pleasures include reading freaky little novellas, cooking elaborate meals for loved ones, watching horror movies, and tending to both her real garden and her garden of carefully curated playlists.