E. Lockhart on the WE WERE LIARS Adaptation

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🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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It's a Book Riot podiverse crossover event! The adaptation of E. Lockhart's YA sensation We Were Liars debuts later this week. Kelly Jensen sat down with Lockhart for a recent episode of the Hey YA! podcast. Enjoy! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky. Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations delivers reading recommendations hand-picked just for you by real human book nerds. Plans start at just $18! Check out Strong Sense of Place wherever you get your podcasts, or visit strongsenseofplace.com This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart Family of Liars by E. Lockhart We Fell Apart by E. Lockhart Hey YA Interview with Gayle Forman We Were Liars on Prime Instagram My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han Again, Again by E. Lockhart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:17.7	Hey, y'all, a little special extra episode for you in the feed this week. It's been more than a decade since we were liars was E. Lockhart's sensational YAA novel that just took the internet by storm.
1:22.8	Many of you remember the new adaptation debuts this Wednesday, June 18th. And in honor of that, my colleague Kelly Jensen spoke with E Lockhart over on the Hey YA podcast feed.
1:29.0	So we're including that interview for you here today.
1:31.7	Hope you'll enjoy it and let us know if you like the adaptation.
1:36.7	Today I am excited and honored to bring you a conversation with the one and only E, as in Emily Lockhart.
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