Laurie Faria Stolarz is an American author of young adult fiction novels, featuring teenage protagonists. She is best known for her series starting with Blue is for Nightmares. Stolarz grew up in Salem, MA, attended Merrimack College, and received an MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College in Boston.

Her works, notable for blending elements found in mystery and romance novels, have found great success, especially her first novel, Blue is for Nightmares. She followed this with three more titles in the series: White is for Magic, Silver is for Secrets, and Red is for Remembrance, as well as a companion graphic novel, Black is for Beginnings. Additionally, Stolarz is the author of the Touch series which includes Deadly Little Secret, Deadly Little Lies, and Deadly Little Games.