Jamie Howard
Jamie Howard is a storyteller fueled by equal parts coffee and color-coded spreadsheets. You can find her hiding from first drafts and people behind a camera lens, baking more bread than is probably wise, or traveling in any spare moment she can find. She lives in New Jersey with her husband, a rotating cast of foster dogs, and four children that ensure her true home is actually a variety of hockey rinks and baseball fields.
Jenni Howell is the author of Boys with Sharp Teeth, a New York Times bestseller and most anticipated young adult novel of 2025 according to Goodreads, Paste magazine, The Nerd Daily, and more. She is also the author of Teach Me to Prey and Most Accomplished Liars. She has dabbled in archaeology, espionage, heavy construction, and the equally mind-boggling career of middle school teacher. Now she writes words that have been called “BATSHIT” by Maggie Stiefvater and “darkly delicious” by New York Times bestselling author C.G. Drews.
MOST ACCOMPLISHED LIARS
A senior drama troupe still reeling from the unexpected death of their star performer goes on an acting retreat at a former summer camp, but as dark secrets start coming to light, they realize they're not all innocent---and they're not alone.
Actors are the world’s most accomplished liars... and the five members of Grimshaw Academy’s senior troupe are at the top of their craft.
Beckett is the star with a dark sense of humor and an even darker secret.
Tiernan is the leading lady whose perfect mask is finally starting to slip.
Cary is the sidekick who hasn’t said an honest word since he auditioned freshman year.
Larkin is the villain with a broken heart.
And Wynne is the writer standing in her friends’ shadows -- but it’s always the quiet ones who have the most to hide.
Their chemistry on and off stage is addictive -- until a month before their senior show, when Beckett is mysteriously murdered. It’s a tragedy… one that every member of their troupe had reason to commit.
With days till their performance, they're without a star and at each others' throats. To reconnect, the teens ditch school after prom for a private retreat. But when their luxury rental turns out to be an isolated, abandoned summer camp, they realize it’ll take more than bonding exercises to survive this weekend.
Because they’re not alone. And getting out alive will take the performance of a lifetime.
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Jenni HowellPublication
US, Canada: Simon & Schuster (Simon Pulse)
Release date: 27 April 2027
