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Author Jacqueline Silvester (Wunderkids trilogy) interviews YA industry giants Maureen Johnson (Nine Liars) and E. Lockhart (Family of Liars) on the power of lies, crafting deceptive storylines, and our societal attraction to privilege blended with dark storylines.
About E. Lockhart
E. Lockhart is the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers We Were Liars and Family of Liars. We Were Liars is also an original series on Prime Video. Her other books include Again Again, Genuine Fraud, and The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks. She has been a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the National Book Award and an honoree for the Printz Award. She has a PhD in English literature from Columbia University. Visit her online at: emilylockhart.com or on Twitter: @elockhart.
About Jacqueline Silvester
Jacqueline Silvester is our resident author at Camp YA. As a writer of stellar science fiction set far away from home, she knows exactly what it takes to be Team Beaver’s camp councillor. Jacqueline is also a citizen of the world, having lived in several countries and speaking four languages.
About Maureen Johnson
Maureen Johnson grew up in Philadelphia, graduated from the University of Delaware and has an MFA in Writing from Columbia University. She lives in New York City with her British husband and dog - and also spends a lot of time in the English countryside where she was fully inspired to write Nine Liars, and her bestselling essay-turned-book Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village among other things.
