Jillian Lauren
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Jillian Lauren | |
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 Jillian Lauren at the 2011 Texas Book Festival | |
| Born | August 16, 1973 Livingston, New Jersey |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 2001–present |
| Genre | tragicomedy, fiction, memoir |
| Notable works | Everything You Ever Wanted, Some Girls: My Life in a Harem and Pretty |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | |
| jillianlauren | |
Jillian Lauren Shriner (born August 16, 1973) is an American writer, performer, adoption advocate, and former call girl for Jefri Bolkiah, Prince of Brunei. She is known for memoirs she wrote about her time spent as a call girl, such as Some Girls: My Life in a Harem, which is about her time spent in the harem of the Prince of Brunei.
Early life and education
[edit]Lauren grew up in Livingston, New Jersey, and graduated in 1991 from Newark Academy.[1] She later moved to New York City, where she briefly studied acting at New York University.[2]
Writing
[edit]Jillian Lauren is the author of the New York Times bestselling[3] memoir books Everything You Ever Wanted, released May 2015,[4] Some Girls: My Life in a Harem, released in 2010,[5] and the 2011 novel Pretty, all published by Plume/Penguin. Some Girls chronicles her time spent in the harem of the Prince of Brunei.[5]
Lauren's true crime book Behold the Monster: Facing America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer was published by Sourcebooks in 2023.[6] The book is based on the author's extensive interviews with serial killer Samuel Little. Her work attempting to seek justice for Little's victims and match cold cases to him is chronicled in the 2021 five-part documentary series, Confronting a Serial Killer.[7][8]
Lauren has a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing from Antioch University. Her writing has appeared in New York Magazine, The Paris Review, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Los Angeles Magazine, Elle, Flaunt Magazine, The Rumpus, and Salon, among others. Her work has also been widely anthologized, including The Moth Anthology and True Tales of Lust and Love.[citation needed]
Lauren is a regular storyteller with The Moth and has performed at numerous spoken word and storytelling events across the United States. She did a TEDx Talk about adoption and identity at Chapman University in 2014. She has been interviewed on such television programs as The View, Good Morning America, and The Howard Stern Show, among others.[citation needed]
From 2012 to 2017, Lauren wrote blog posts at The Huffington Post.[9]
Personal life
[edit]Lauren is married to musician Scott Shriner, bass player of the band Weezer. They live in Los Angeles with two adopted sons. Their first son is a boy from Ethiopia who was adopted on January 23, 2009.[10]
2025 arrest
[edit]On April 8, 2025, Lauren allegedly exited her home and raised a handgun during a police chase involving uniformed officers with the Los Angeles Police Department in her neighborhood. Police say she was ordered to drop the weapon but refused, and instead pointed it at the officers. Police then shot her, and she fled back into her home. She was later taken to the hospital after packing an overnight bag, treated for non-life threatening injuries, and charged with attempted murder.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jillian Lauren". Classmates.com.
- ^ Susannah Cahalan (December 27, 2009). "My nights at the harem". New York Post.
- ^ "The New York Times Bestseller List". The New York Times. New York. May 23, 2010.
- ^ Lauren, Jillian (2015). Everything You Ever Wanted: A Memoir. Penguin. ISBN 9780142181638.
- ^ a b "Some Girls". JIllian Lauren. Archived from the original on October 3, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
- ^ Behold the Monster: Confronting America's Most Prolific Serial Killer and Uncovering the Women Society Forgot. (Book, 2020). OCLC 1246302702. Retrieved July 21, 2022 – via WorldCat.org.
- ^ Tallerico, Brian (April 14, 2021). "Confronting a Serial Killer movie review (2021) | Roger Ebert". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
- ^ Turchiano, Danielle (April 16, 2021). "'Confronting a Serial Killer' Director Aims to Expose 'Dark Forces' With True Crime Stories". Variety. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
- ^ "Jillian Lauren". The Huffington Post. Archived from the original on December 9, 2022. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
- ^ "About Jillian Lauren". Penguin. 2011. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
- ^ Rosenbloom, Alli (April 10, 2025). "Weezer bassist Scott Shriner's wife arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after being shot by police". CNN. Retrieved April 10, 2025.
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