KIT FRICK: Hi, Sarah! I’m so excited to chat with you about your debut novel, The Best Lies. The book follows a dual-timeline format, with events unfolding for your protagonist Remy in both the present, as she meets with her lawyer and the police following her boyfriend Jack’s tragic death, and past, as her relationships with Jack and her best friend Elise develop. Was it self-defense? Or something deeper, darker than anything Remy could have imagined? As the police investigate, Remy does the same, sifting through her own memories, looking for a scrap of truth that could save the friendship that means everything to her. Remy had her boyfriend Jack, and Elise, her best friend-her soulmate-who understood her better than anyone else in the world.īut now Jack is dead, shot through the chest. But now, she doesn’t even know what tomorrow will look like. Remy Tsai used to know how her story would turn out. I recently corresponded with Sarah Lyu about her debut young adult novel, The Best Lies (S&S/Simon Pulse, July 2, 2019). You can find all the interviews in the series collected right here. So every month or two, I chat with a fellow young adult debut novelist, and then I share our conversation with you. I wanted their wisdom, and I wanted to share it with other authors, emerging writers, and readers. If you’re joining us for the first time, here’s what this series is all about: as a debut young adult author myself, ( See All the Stars released from S&S/McElderry in August 2018), I found myself eager to start a conversation with a variety of authors in the debut year before, during, and after my own about their books, YA and the writing life more generally, and the experience of putting a first novel out into the world. I’m so pleased to bring you the next installment of Deubt-to-Debut! Today’s interview is with Sarah Lyu, author of the debut YA thriller you’ll want to pack in your beach bag this July: The Best Lies.

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