Lauren Oliver grew up in a house full of books, writes her novels even when she's at parties, and has so many ideas she started a company, Glass Town Entertainment, to help her turn more of them into things you can watch and read. She has written for kids, teens, and adults, seen her work adapted into film, and hit the bestseller list with works including Before I Fall and Replica. Her latest, Broken Things, combines cult literary fandom and true crime into the story of two girls wrongly accused of the murder of a third. We talked to her about her fandoms, her teen years, and why our culture is so scared of girls.