Julie Clark

Two women swap plane tickets at JFK, one getting clear of a politically connected husband and the other with reasons she keeps to herself, and only one of the flights lands. That is The Last Flight (2020), the book that made Julie Clark a bestseller. The Lies I Tell (2022) works differently, following Meg Williams through a long confidence game in Los Angeles property while a journalist who was once one of her marks closes in. Clark grew up in Santa Monica, studied at University of the Pacific, and taught fifth grade before writing full time. Her first book was The Ones We Choose (2018).