Hi! I’m Lauren!

Welcome to my craziness.

If you landed on this page and are reading my information, all I can say is thank you. I’m not that interesting. But you are here, so you must want to know something about me. Maybe?

I have always wanted to publish a children’s book. I’ve written several – even sent manuscripts to the traditional book publishers earlier in my life – only to get rejection letters. So I spent my life in Corporate America earning the big buck – well not so big – hoping one day I would be a published author.

In 2023, my friend was working on a book with an independent publisher and I thought maybe that was a way for me to get my stories published. So I brought out an old story and revisited – rewriting and trying to figure out how I could design it myself. That book was called “Joey’s Big Day” and it still sits in a folder as something amazing happened in the fall of 2023 in Wisconsin.

Flamingos were spotted on a beach in Port Washington, Wisconsin on Lake Michigan. I’m a flamingo lover so I was intrigued. A few days’ later, I woke up at 5 a.m. and a story just spilled out of me. That is how Flingo Flies to Wisconsin was born. I knew the timing was critical and I had to get it out fast, and I wasn’t willing to pay an independent publisher when I knew I could do it myself. So I researched quickly and published my book through Amazon. Flingo was born and is now a series. My first book was so popular it was featured on Fox6, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Waukesha Freeman, Focus Waukesha and WFRV in Green Bay. I was hooked.

I have hundreds of ideas floating around in my head for all types of books. My focus now is children’s books, especially as I am now a grandma. I hope to expand the Flingo series, but I am also going to introduce some other books as well.

Thanks for visiting. I hope you love my books and share them with the little ones in your life.

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Fox 6 Milwaukee Interview

Flingo Flies to Wisconsin was featured Fox 6 Milwaukee. Watch here. And you can always buy the Flingo Flies to Wisconsin book on Amazon.

WKRV Green Bay Interview

Discover how Wisconsin is similar to Florida in Flingo Flies to Wisconsin seen on Local Five Live on WKRV in Green Bay.

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Article

Flingo Flies to Wisconsin appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and featured Author Lauren’s new children’s book.

GM Today

Flingo Flies to Wisconsin book was featured in several area publications operated by GM Today. Read about the children’s book here.

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Focus Waukesha Article

Focus Waukesha featured the children’s book Flingo Flies to Wisconsin by Lauren K. Ackerman.