Maureen Johnson is the #1 New York Times a nd USA Today bestselling author of more than a dozen young adult novels\, including the "Truly Devious" series\, the "Shades of London" series\, "Su ite Scarlett\," and "13 Little Blue Envelopes." In this program\, she will be discussing her newest book\, "Nine Liars."
\nAbout \;Nine Li ars: \;Senior year at Ellingham Academy for Stevie Bell isn&rsquo\;t g oing well. Her boyfriend\, David\, is studying in London. Her friends are obsessed with college applications. With the cold case of the century solv ed\, Stevie is adrift. There is nothing to distract her from the questions pinging around her brain&mdash\;questions about college\, love\, and life in general. Relief comes when David invites Stevie and her friends to joi n him for study abroad\, and his new friend Izzy introduces her to a doubl e-murder cold case. In 1995\, nine friends from Cambridge University went to a country house and played a drunken game of hide-and-seek. Two were fo und in the woodshed the next day\, murdered with an ax. The case was assum ed to be a burglary gone wrong\, but one of the remaining seven saw someth ing she can&rsquo\;t explain. This was no break-in. Someone&rsquo\;s lying about what happened in the woodshed. Seven suspects. Two murders. One kil ler still playing a deadly game.
\nJennifer Lynn Barnes is the #1 Ne w York Times bestselling author of more than twenty acclaimed young adult novels\, including "The Inheritance Games" trilogy\, "Little White Lies\," "Deadly Little Scandals\," "The Lovely and the Lost\," and "The Naturals" series. Jen is also a Fulbright Scholar with advanced degrees in psycholo gy\, psychiatry\, and cognitive science. She received her Ph.D. from Yale University in 2012 and was a professor of psychology and professional writ ing for many years. Her most recent title is "The Final Gambit."
\nT his program is in collaboration with Tewksbury Public Library and other lo cal libraries. Please note this program is open to both adults and teens.< /p>\nhttps://mhl.libnet.info/event/7704022 URL;VALUE=URI:https://mhl.libnet.info/event/7704022 ATTACH:https://static.libnet.info/images/events/mhl/Copy_of_1.4.23_Maureen _Johnson.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR