Lauren Clark is the author of Crafty Bastards: Beer in New England from the Mayflower to Modern Day (Union Park Press, 2014).

She is a freelance journalist and former bartender and brewer. Her articles have appeared in the New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, Jane, and Yankee Magazine, among other publications. Clark is also the founder of drinkboston.com, which was featured in several Boston newspapers and magazines, the Massachusetts Beverage Business Journal, Vintage Spirits & Forgotten Cocktails by Ted Haigh, and NECN.