Lauren H. Brandenburg

Author Bio:

Lauren H. Brandenburg is an author and storyteller who happily blurs the lines between traditional genres in both middle grade and cozy fiction. She was longlisted for the People's Book Prize in the United Kingdom and recipient of the ACFW Carol Award in contemporary fiction for The Death of Mungo Blackwell, as well as a two time Selah Award finalist. Lauren is a former junior high and high school English teacher who stepped away from her profession to raise and homeschool her two children. She currently lives with her husband and their two children in a lovely little town just south of Nashville, Tennessee where they cook, play games, and laugh a lot.

Lewis: The Beloved (The Books of the Gardener)

Lewisia Anna has returned to the Amharclann with a new chapter in her Story—a chapter she doesn’t want the citizens to hear. As Lewis tries to figure out how to delay the writing of her Story, she realizes a lot happened in the Amharclann while she was in the Mines, including the arrival of her…

Lewis: The Scarred (The Books of the Gardener)

Lewisia Anna has accepted the invitation to join an exclusive apprenticeship, an opportunity to study the Inimicus—the destructive, wolfish beasts of legend—in the darkest depths of the under-lands, in a place known as the Mines. To get back home to her family and the citizens of the Amharclann,…

Lewis: The Wounded (The Books of the Gardener)

Lewisia Anna wants to live the greatest Story ever told by walking the treetops with an elite group of protectors known as the Shamar who spend their days guarding the Amharclann against the threat of the Inimicus—destructive beasts, who if allowed to enter, will ravage the place she calls home. In…

The Marriage of Innis Wilkinson

Roy Blackwell has proposed to Margarette Toft. A controversial decision given their families are sworn enemies! Soon Coraloo’s feuding clans are competing to organize events for the most talked about wedding of the year… and glorious chaos ensues! But as the depth of the two families’ animosity…

The Death of Mungo Blackwell

A charming story of hope that will warm your heart and make your imagination soar! Charlie Price, whose world has come crumbling down after a lapse in judgement leaves him unemployed, finds himself flung into the chaotic world of the Blackwells when he relocates to Coraloo with his socialite wife, Velveteen,…

Orlo: The Chosen (The Books of the Gardener)

The introduction of The Way into the Conclusus has not had the effect Orlo desired—the people are divided, self-assignment has run rampant, and Elder Bednegraine’s legion of enforcers are out of control. Gathering in secret, a group of protectors known as the Shamar have chosen Orlo to fix it. But…

Orlo: The Burdened (The Books of the Gardener)

A new gardener has entered the Hall of Keepers, removals have ceased, and a ban on using giftings in public has been put in place. Despite the changes, Orlo has everything he ever wanted—the tall tower, the fine clothes, the lavish dinners, and an assignment of prestige as an inventor’s apprentice.…

Orlo: The Created (The Books of the Gardener)

Orlo the deliverer has spent his entire life living in the Conclusus—an underground world where lush gardens grow on top of magnificent towers and a steam filled air balloon is the preferred method of travel by the higher class. On an unplanned trip to the Hall of Healers, Orlo overhears news of a…

Boone: The Sanctified (The Books of the Gardener) (Volume 3)

Boone Tackett has been sanctified. An eerie symbol has replaced the symbol of the leader on his clothing, a false prophet has convinced everyone that he is a traitor, and to add to all of the other changes in his life, his dad has taken a job in another state. When Boone is confronted by a group of…

Boone: The Forgotten (The Books of the Gardener) (Volume 2)

Boone Tackett’s year is off to a bad start. He is confused by new visions, doesn’t have a single class with his friends, and has to eat lunch alone. To make matters worse, he learns that a dark force is threatening the peaceful existence of the Mishpachah. When he finds that a mysterious leader…

Boone: The Ordinary (The Books of the Gardener) (Volume 1)

Boone Tackett is okay with ordinary. He has eaten at the same restaurant, had the same friends and attended the same church for as long as he could remember. When a most out of the ordinary daydream takes him into the reality of a small town legend, he is faced with a quest for truth that forces him…