Posts by Lisa Unger
5 Questions
A couple of weeks ago, I got a charming email from JJ Cooper, an author about to release his first book with Random House Australia. JJ spent seventeen years in the Australian Army, deploying on two tours of duty in East Timor and one tour to the Middle East in 2003. He specialized in Human…
Read MoreMy Virtual Book Tour
So, I’m not on the road this year — not on the “real” road. I still consider myself to be on tour, though. Virtually. I am quite high tech these days. At first it felt very strange to be staying home as BLACK OUT approached publication; I’ve been heading out, visiting stores and meeting readers and…
Read MoreToday Show – Top 10 Summer Reads!
This morning, BLACK OUT was featured on the Today Show as one of the Top 10 summer reads! The Today Show host saw the cover and said “Oooh, this looks creepy.” (Who could ask for a better reaction). And the wonderful John Searles from Cosmopolitan said … I was a big fan of the author’s…
Read MoreNew York Times and USA Today Bestseller Lists!!
Thanks to all of the tremendous support from readers, booksellers and my wonderful publisher Vintage Crime/ Black Lizard, the mass-market edition of Beautiful Lies will debut on the New York Times bestseller list on May 25. It is also in its second week on the USA Today bestseller list!
Read MoreBeautiful Lies – New Paperback Release
Tomorrow is the mass market publication of BEAUTIFUL LIES. My first book writing as Lisa Unger, BEAUTIFUL LIES was an instant New York Times bestseller, published in 25 countries. It was a Booksense pick, and was chosen as Amazon.com editors as one of the best books of 2006. The trade paperback edition has just gone…
Read MoreStarred Review in PW!
Starred review from Publishers Weekly! They had some lovely things to say about BLACK OUT in a starred review earlier this month. And, as if that wasn’t enough, there’s an author Q & A in this week’s issue. Hope you have a second to check it out!
Read MoreChanges
I’ve said on an earlier post and in several interviews that I could not have written BLACK OUT if it weren’t for my daughter. Motherhood changed me, naturally. How could it not? It changed my view of the world, and so it changed my writing. It also made me more paranoid than ever before –…
Read MoreSliver of Truth Released in Trade Paperback.
Love hurts … sometimes it even kills. When I finished my New York Times bestselling thriller Beautiful Lies, I didn’t think I’d hear from Ridley Jones again. I knew the ending wasn’t an easy one, but I figured: That’s life. Ridley lives to fight another day. Sometimes that’s the best we get. But I soon…
Read MoreThe Disease
T he desire to write is a disease, a congenital condition. Writers are born with the germ. We don’t contract it later on. Hopefully we discover what’s wrong with us early, otherwise perhaps we wind up institutionalized rather than published. I am sure there’s a cure — a traditional education, a 9-5 job, or an…
Read MoreBlack Out Q&A
My brilliant (and beautiful and oh so young) publicist Sarah Breivogel interviewed me about BLACK OUT for the press kit. It was a great idea and I really enjoyed her intelligent and thought-provoking questions. I hope you enjoy my answers! Q) BLACK OUT is a stand-alone thriller and a departure from your character Ridley Jones.…
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