SHARI LAPENA is the #1 internationally bestselling author of seven suspense novels including A Stranger in the House and The Couple Next Door, her debut which was a runaway global bestseller, with 4 million sales worldwide. It was WHSmith’s “Book of the Year” in 2016 and the #1 Adult Fiction Title in the UK for 2017. All of Shari’s novels have been New York Times, UK Sunday Times, and Globe and Mail bestsellers. In this episode, Mark Stay interviews Shari about her new page-turner “Everyone Here is Lying”.
And in the extended version for Academy members and podcast Patrons, Shari shares her secret sauce to writing bestseller thrillers you can’t put down, conflict and hooks, how to write successful standalone books and more.
In this episode you will learn:
Looking at your book and writing as an experiment
Learning to love the writing process
How her agent sold her debut in one week
How she consciously decides to write a page-turner
… And so much more!
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