Briana D Lawrence

Briana Lawrence has wanted to be a "WRITTER" since she was nine years old. Her fourth grade class laughed and wondered how one hoped to become a “writer” if they couldn’t even spell the word. Briana graduated from Iowa State University in 2006 and moved to Minneapolis with her partner. Today, she is the Senior Features Editor at Crunchyroll. She is also the author of In Search of Superpowers: A Fantasy Pin World Adventure, her debut middle grade book and book series; The Essential Guide to Manga (Scholastic, 2024) ;and the self-published magical girl series, magnifiqueNOIR. Briana lives in St. Paul, Minnesota and enjoys all things nerdy like anime, video games, cosplay, and reading too much manga.