Lauren DeStefano writes young adult dystopian and fantasy fiction about controlled societies, bodily autonomy and characters trying to escape systems that decide their futures. Wither begins the Chemical Garden trilogy in a world where genetic engineering has left women dying at twenty and men at twenty-five, following Rhine after she is kidnapped and forced into a polygamous marriage. The Internment Chronicles move to a floating city whose residents are forbidden to approach the edge, while later books explore other speculative settings. DeStefano's prose is accessible, dark and strongly atmosphere-led, with confinement, identity and escape recurring across series. Her work fits YA dystopia, speculative romance and controlled-society fiction. Read more Less
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