Sloppy Babbles

📍I'm originally from the Seattle area. Raised in Federal Way, high school in Tacoma, early adulthood in Seattle and Issaquah. I also lived in SoCal for a year (did not like) and Chicago for a year (loved, especially the winters!).

🩷 I'm married to my high school sweetheart—when I refer to Anth here on the website, that's him. I've never really felt called to have kids. I feel extremely happy with our little family of two (we were a happy family of three, but our beloved Pomeranian left us in January 2026. ❤️‍🩹)

📖 I'm a New York Times bestselling romance author under the pen name Lauren Layne. Before that I worked T-Mobile's web marketing/e-commerce team. The corporate world wasn't for me, but I did fall in love with websites.

🖥️ This is one of my favorite places on the internet. So is this. "Fits on all your shitty screens."

📜 I'm a big fan of text as the universal language. Related: as the publishing and creator world has become increasingly performative, I find myself more drawn to the written word than ever. You can have your talking-head video and podcasts, but I think there are few things sexier than the written word.

💸 If I ever have to declare bankruptcy it’s because I blew all my money on fonts, linen sweaters, and Woodford Reserve.

🛏️ I don't have much of a travel bug. I'm a total homebody whose favorite part of any trip is coming home to sleep in my own bed, and I genuinely enjoy a slow, routine life.

🥖 But when I do travel, I love hanging out in the hotel … like more than I do sightseeing. My all-time favorite travel memory is our last Paris trip. It was rainy, we had an early flight. We spent our last night sitting cross legged on the bed, drinking leftover wine, eating leftover baguette and cookies, while watching Big Bang Theory. It remains one of my most treasured memories.

☔️ I'm a total pluviophile. Give me a gray rainy forecast over a sunny one any day. My favorite season is winter, and the only thing I like about summer is a good afternoon thunderstorm.

🫒 Olives are my favorite food. Fresh tomatoes are my least.

🪐When I was writing Miranda in Retrograde, I had to research astrology. I went from thinking it was nonsense to finding myself and becoming the happiest I've ever been. No big deal. My Big 3: Cancer Rising, Aries Sun, Taurus Moon.

📺I don't watch much TV, but when I do, I mostly rotate among my favorites: White Collar, New Girl, Psych, Grimm, and Happy Endings. I always want to watch movies, but I'm never really in the mood. Unless it's Enchanted or Maverick or Pride & Prejudice. I also really like the Gwyneth Paltrow Emma. I also recently watched Project Hail Mary, and think it's one of the best things I've ever seen.

🩶August 13, 2024 is my silversary—the last day I quit trying to cover my silvery gray hair with dark dye. I was 41, and my only regret is not doing it sooner. I'm 43 now, very salt & pepper with some fabulous all-white streaks.