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‘We Were Liars’ Author E. Lockhart Teases Moment She Felt She Was “Standing In A Novel” That Inspired Third Book In Universe ‘We Fell Apart’
'We Were Liars' author E. Lockhart hinted her inspiration for 'We Fell Apart,' her upcoming third book set in New England private islands to Deadline.
We Were Liars is now an eight-episode series created by Julie Plec and Carina Adly MacKenzie starring Emily Alyn Lind, Shubham Maheshwari, Joseph Zada, Esther McGregor as the titular four friends who drive the story. Lockhart announced We Fell Apart, out Nov. 4, 2025, in March of this year, and much like her Family of Liars prequel, the idea had been percolating for some time, and a visit to a specific building sparked her inspiration for the third novel. Lockhart, who has a doctorate in English literature from Columbia University — specifically the nineteenth-century British novel and illustration, immediately knew that this setting was ripe for a story.
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