Lauren Roberts

Lauren Roberts is an American author who began writing Powerless as a teenager, sharing chapters with an online following before self-publishing the novel through Kindle Direct Publishing and Barnes & Noble Press. The book's grassroots success on BookTok led to a deal with Simon & Schuster, and its 2023 re-release became a New York Times bestseller for nineteen weeks and won the Barnes & Noble YA Award. Powerless, set in a kingdom where those without magical Elite abilities are treated as second-class citizens, follows a young woman hiding her own powerlessness while falling for a prince with a dangerous secret; it grew into a five-part series spanning three novels (Powerless, Powerful, Reckless) and two companion novellas (Fearless, Fearful). Amazon has optioned the trilogy for television.