“You Thought You Knew ‘We Were Liars’? Wait Till You Hear What the Author Spilled About The Shocking Series vs. Book Secrets!”
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Ever wonder what happens when Scorpio season’s intensity collides headfirst with the shadowy secrets of privilege and family drama? Well, buckle up, because E. Lockhart’s 2014 YA hit, We Were Liars, just got the full TV treatment—a binge-worthy twist-fest about a golden-hued family island paradise that’s anything but perfect. Meet Cadence Sinclair Eastman: a teen whose memory is as foggy as Mercury in retrograde, haunted by a summer that left her broken and suspicious of everything she thought she knew. Alongside her rebel cousins and her enigmatic love, Gat, they’re “The Liars,” a squad trying to escape the stifling web of wealth and denial. And speaking of twists, this showrunner-packed adaptation pulls us deeper into the mess of grief, betrayal, and the lies we clutch to protect our fragile hearts. If you thought family reunions were complicated, try navigating this labyrinth during a cosmic tug-of-war. Curious what went down behind the scenes? I sat down with Lockhart herself—digging into all the dark magic behind turning page-turner into screen gold. LEARN MORE
In 2014, E. Lockhart took young adult readers by storm with her novel We Were Liars. It’s a haunting, twist-filled novel about a wealthy, seemingly perfect family that summers on their own private island. At the center is Cadence Sinclair Eastman, a teenage girl struggling to remember the events of one traumatic summer that left her with memory loss, chronic migraines, and a sense that something is deeply wrong.
She returns to the island two years later and reunites with her closest companions — her cousins Johnny and Mirren, and Gat, the boy she once loved. Together, they were known as The Liars, a tight-knit group bonded by rebellion, idealism, and a desire to escape the toxic patterns of their privileged family.
As Cadence tries to untangle what really happened that summer, the story peels back layers of secrets, grief, and denial. Told in lyrical, almost fairy tale-like prose, the novel builds to a devastating twist that redefines everything. It’s a novel about denial, grief, and the lies we tell ourselves to protect what we think we love, and the people we think we can’t live without.
Now, more than 10 years after its initial release, the popular psychological family drama has been adapted into an 8-episode TV series, thanks to showrunners Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries) and Carina Adly Mackenzie (Roswell, New Mexico). And the world of The Liars was brought to life by series stars Emily Alyn Lind (Cadence), Shubham Maheshwari (Gat), Esther McGregor (Mirren), and Joseph Zada (Johnny).
In honor of the show’s release, I interviewed the author to learn more about the adaptation process. Here are some of the behind-the-scenes details, straight from E. Lockhart’s mouth:
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