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Lisa Unger is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of seventeen novels, including The Stranger Inside. With millions of readers worldwide and books published in twenty-six languages, Lisa Unger is widely regarded as a master of suspense. In 2019, she received two Edgar Award nominations, an honor held by only a few writers including Ruth Rendell and Agatha Christie. The Edgar-nominated Under My Skin is also a finalist for the prestigious Hammett Prize, and the Macavity Award for Best Novel. And the original short story "The Sleep Tight Motel" is a #1 bestselling single.
Unger's critically acclaimed books have been voted "Best of the Year" or top picks by the Today show, Good Morning America, Entertainment Weekly, Amazon, IndieBound and many others. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR, and Travel+Leisure. She lives on the west coast of Florida with her family.
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What elements of the story
come from your own experience living in New York City?
For me and for most fiction writers, I think, it is true to say that
everything and nothing in my work is autobiographical. As much as the plot, the
events, and the characters are purely from my imagination, of course all of
these things are an amalgamation of my experiences, relationships, observations,
literary influences, etc.
In the case of Beautiful Lies, however, much of the setting has
been mined from my own history. The apartment where Ridley lives is an exact
recall of my first New York City apartment in the East Village. She stands where
I stood many a morning trying to hail a cab when she first spots Justin Wheeler.
Places like Five Roses and Veniero's are real places in that neighborhood and
places that I have loved. The streets she walks, the subways and taxis are all
from my direct experience. I have had a love affair with the city most of my
life. But it wasn't until after I'd left there, that all the beauty of it came
back to me. I know that place better than I know any other. For me it lives and
breathes; I can hear it and smell it and feel its rhythm when I write about it.
Is Ridley like you (or...
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