In Episode 34 of Literary Prospects, we talk with New York Times bestselling author Amanda Eyre Ward about her new novel, Lovers and Liars.
Amanda is the bestselling author of 8 novels including The Lifeguards and The Jetsetters, which was a Reese’s Book Club pick. Her latest novel, Lovers and Liars, is out now. Amanda’s books have been featured in the New York Times and PEOPLE, and she publishes nonfiction in Travel + Leisure, The New York Times, and Texas Monthly. Her work has been optioned for film and television and translated into fifteen languages. A former librarian, Amanda lives in Austin, Texas, with her family.
In this interview, Amanda talks about why she’s drawn to writing about families and money, what makes a work “literary,” being the only woman in her MFA program, and much more…