Jillian Lauren
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Jillian Lauren is an American writer and performer.
She is the author of the New York Times best-selling memoir Some Girls: My Life in a Harem, published by Plume/Penguin in April 2010. Her novel Pretty will be published in Spring 2011.
Lauren is married to Weezer
bassist Scott Shriner
. They live in Los Angeles. They adopted a child, a boy, from Ethiopia on January 23, 2009.
Writing
Lauren has an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Flaunt Magazine, Opium Magazine, Society, Pale House: A Collective and in the anthology My First Time: A Collection of First Punk Show Stories, among others.She is the author of the New York Times best-selling memoir Some Girls: My Life in a Harem, published by Plume/Penguin in April 2010. Her novel Pretty will be published in Spring 2011.
Personal life
Lauren grew up in suburban New Jersey and later moved to New York City. She attended New York University briefly.Lauren is married to Weezer
Weezer
Weezer is an American alternative rock band. The band currently consists of Rivers Cuomo , Patrick Wilson , Brian Bell , and Scott Shriner . The band has changed lineups three times since its formation in 1992...
bassist Scott Shriner
Scott Shriner
Scott G. Shriner is the bass guitarist for the alternative rock band Weezer.-Early life:Shriner was born in Toledo, Ohio. He took up bass in high school. After being discharged from the Marine Corps, he found his high school bass teacher Mark Kieswetter, with whom he studied until moving to Los...
. They live in Los Angeles. They adopted a child, a boy, from Ethiopia on January 23, 2009.