Lori Lansens is a Canadian novelist and screenwriter, born on July 25, 1962, in Chatham, Ontario. Chatham is a small Canadian town with a remarkable history as a terminus on the Underground Railroad, and it became the setting for her first three bestselling novels.

After living in downtown Toronto most of her adult life, she moved with her family to the Santa Monica mountains near Los Angeles in 2006. A couple of years ago, she relocated with her family to Calabasas, California, home of the Kardashians. Her new novel "This Little Light" is set there.

Some of her notable works include South of Wawa, Rush Home Road, and The Girls.