Lauren E. Bowman is the author of three poetry collections, The Evolution of a Girl (Black Castle Media Group), What I Learned from the Trees (Button Poetry), and her latest, Shapeshifter (Button Poetry).

Lauren’s work often delves into the intricate relationship between humans and nature, and how these often overlooked, everyday interactions affect us as individuals, families, and communities. She also focuses heavily on all facets of womanhood, including the shifting roles and definitions that we face as we change and age.

Being a fulltime working mother and a parttime writer, Lauren pulls much of her inspiration from the capricious lives we tackle every day. Through sharing her own struggles with relationships and self-acceptance, she seeks to encourage others to learn from and rise above their own difficulties and doubts, and to find a place of reflection, empowerment, and growth.