<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; "><b>Lauren Elizabeth Pope</b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; "> was born in Santa Monica, California..<span> </span>She received a B.A. from The University of Southern California, Los Angeles in Creative Writing and English Literature and completed an MsC in Creative Writing at The University of Edinburgh.<span> </span>She now resides in Edinburgh, Scotland.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#4D4D4D" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; ">Her poetry has appeared in Edinburgh's <span style="font-style: italic; ">One Magazine</span>, <i>Etchings 1</i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; "> and <i>Etchings 2, </i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; ">an Australian literary journal published by Ilura Press, as well as <i>The Living Poets Magazine</i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; ">, a British journal published by Dragonheart Press, The University of Southern California's <i>Palaver</i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; "> Magazine, and an anthology published by Edinburgh University in conjunction with <i>The Edinburgh Review, V: New International Writing from Edinburgh</i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; ">.<span> In 2008, Monboddo Press published her poetry chapbook, <span style="font-style: italic; ">Test Landings.</span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#4D4D4D" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#4D4D4D" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">Her debut play, <i>Medusa's Snakes: The Aftermath,</i> premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2008, and in 2010, her poem <i>Southside 2 & 3</i> was made into a film for <i>This Collection</i>.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#4D4D4D" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; ">Her reviews have appeared in 'El Otro Lado' and 'Calcutta Connects' of <i>The Edinburgh Review</i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; ">.<span> </span>In 2004, she was awarded <i>The Greenberg Poetry Scholarship</i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; "> for the most accomplished body of poetry.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#4D4D4D" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#4D4D4D" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></font></p></span>