Born and raised in Nashville, Lauren Braddock Havey is the only child of legendary country songwriter, producer, and author Bobby Braddock, famed for writing country hits like "D-I-V-O-R-C-E," "He Stopped Loving Her Today,” "I Wanna Talk About Me," and “People Are Crazy”.
 
Lauren attended the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York where she started writing songs. After drama school she went to Los Angeles where she secured film and television roles and performed her original songs in coffee houses on the famed Sunset Strip. She also did some early demos there with the now immortal Jeff Buckley. Her longtime friend, Grammy-winner Don Henry, heard those demos and vowed he would someday produce a record on her.

When a publishing deal with Sony/ATV brought Lauren back to Nashville, she and Don recorded her debut self-titled CD, which was backed by an all-star ensemble and received critical praise. Lauren and Don have since recorded Lauren’s sophomore project, a “folk-rock opera” titled A JOURNEY TO THE SON, a companion piece to her memoir of the same name about a "motherless daughter's" extraordinarily bumpy road to motherhood. Music will be released concurrently with the October 2009 release of her book (Two Harbors Press).

Lauren has had cuts by major recording artists including Warner Brothers’ Blake Shelton who recorded one of Lauren and Don’s co-writes, “If I Was Your Man,” for his platinum-selling debut CD. As an actress she has movie, stage and TV roles to her credit. Lauren currently spends a good deal of time chasing her preschooler by day and working on her quirky "Mud Mama" parenting blog by night (www.ajourneytotheson.blogspot.com).