Our guest this episode is New York Times best-selling author, Time magazine 100 most influential people for 2024, Gainesville resident, and now bookstore owner Lauren Groff. The Lynx Books opened this month, with an emphasis on selling banned books and Florida authors.
Lauren Groff. Publicity photo.
Craig Pittman is the award-winning author of Oh, Florida!: How America’s Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country, The Scent of Scandal, Cat Tale, Manatee Insanity and The State You’re In, and co-author of Paving Paradise. Born in Pensacola, he graduated from Troy State University in Alabama, where his muckraking work for the student paper prompted an agitated dean to label him “the most destructive force on campus.” Since then he has covered a variety of newspaper beats and quite a few natural disasters, including hurricanes, wildfires and the Florida Legislature.
