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I’m Lauren Oster, a freelance writer/editor. I was born in Los Angeles, grew up in southern California, earned an English degree from Stanford, and moved to New York City, a town I will leave horizontally if ever. I volunteer at The Wild Bird Fund and Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, and I was a crew member at the Tribeca Film Festival for seven years. I live on the Lower East Side with my husband and our two cats.