Lauren Myracle is a best-selling American writer of young adult fiction. She has written many novels, including the three best-selling Internet Girls books, ttyl, ttfn and l8r, g8r. Her first novel, Kissing Kate, was selected as an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, and was named by Booklist as one of the Top Ten Youth Romances of the year, as well as one of the Top Ten Books by New Writers.