Let's make this birthday one to remember.

44 years old (Born on March 21, 1981)

Happy Birthday, Lauren Kate! May your day be filled with more excitement than a forbidden romance between angels and mortals. You've given us Fallen, Torment, Teardrop—and countless sleepless nights spent flipping pages under the covers—so today we celebrate you for making teenage angst feel epic!

From captivating readers worldwide to topping bestseller lists faster than Daniel Grigori can brood mysteriously in shadows—you've truly mastered storytelling magic. Here's hoping this year brings even greater adventures (and fewer tormented characters). Keep enchanting our shelves; after all these years of literary brilliance, you're still writing stories worth falling head-over-heels into!