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Julie Clark

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Julie Clark is the New York Times bestselling author of The Lies I Tell and The Last Flight, both of which were also #1 international bestsellers and have been translated into more than 25 languages. Her new book, The Ghostwriter, is available now. She lives in Los Angeles with her family and dogs.

Schedule

11:45 am to 12:45 pm
State Library, Fifth Floor, Serials
The Fictional Façade: Thrillers About Hidden Lives, Obsession, and Family Secrets
Julie Clark, The Ghostwriter: A Novel
Amy Rossi, The Cover Girl: A Novel
Olivia Worley, So Happy Together: A Novel
with moderator Brittany Ramey

1:00 pm to 1:45 pm 
Cavalier House Books Tent
Book Signing

The Ghostwriter: A Novel

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

DELUXE FIRST EDITION WITH PRINTED EDGES

"Deftly and engagingly delves into this complicated not-so-cold case." ―The New York Times

"Expertly plotted and exquisitely twisted." ―Ashley Elston, #1 New York Times bestselling author of First Lie Wins

From the instant New York Times bestselling author of The Last Flight and The Lies I Tell comes a dazzling new thriller.

June, 1975.

The Taylor family shatters in a single night when two teenage siblings are found dead in their own home. The only surviving sibling, Vincent, never shakes the whispers and accusations that he was the one who killed them. Decades later, the legend only grows as his career as a horror writer skyrockets.

Ghostwriter Olivia Dumont has spent her entire professional life hiding the fact that she is the only child of Vincent Taylor. Now on the brink of financial ruin, she's offered a job to ghostwrite her father's last book. What she doesn't know, though, is that this project is another one of his lies. Because it's not another horror novel he wants her to write.

After fifty years of silence, Vincent Taylor is finally ready to talk about what really happened that night in 1975.