What is the title of your latest release?
LIES BETWEEN US
What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book?
The Summer I Turned Pretty but make it murder! When a beach party ends in tragedy, three sisters begin to question everything they know about their idyllic small town and the three boys who live next door.
How did you decide where your book was going to take place?
I grew up on the North Shore of Long Island, and I wanted to set this book in a similar location, full of rocky beaches and tight-knit communities.
Would you hang out with your heroine in real life?
This book has three heroines, and I’d love to hang with all of them. Lucy, the oldest, would whip me into shape when I was feeling lazy. Milly, the middle sister, would watch rom-coms with me all day, and Frankie, the youngest, would challenge me to games. Ideal!
What are three words that describe your hero?
Lucy is determined, ambitious, and confident. Milly is romantic, dreamy, and idealistic. Frankie is sarcastic, mathematical, and loyal.
What’s something you learned while writing this book?
Frankie loves solving logic puzzles and while researching the book (procrastinating researching the book?!), I learned how to do them, too.
Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done?
I tend to draft as much as I can, and when I get stuck I go back to the beginning and start editing.
What’s your favorite foodie indulgence?
A big-ass order of sushi. Heaven!
Describe your writing space/office!
Answer: I work from home at a small desk in our living room (shoutout to tiny Brooklyn apartments!), my dog Ziti curled up next to me.
Who is an author you admire?
So many! In the young adult space, Kara Thomas, Courtney Summers, and Tiffany D. Jackson are my heroes
Is there a book that changed your life?
GONE GIRL by Gillian Flynn
Tell us about when you got “the call.” (when you found out your book was going to be published). Or, for indie authors, when you decided to self-publish.
I was working at Cosmopolitan magazine when my agent called to tell me the news. I slipped into a stairwell and promptly lost my shit, then told my work wife Ashley who jumped up and down screaming with me.
What’s your favorite genre to read?
Thrillers (write what you love to read!)
What’s your favorite movie?
Best in Show, which is the opposite of a thriller
What is your favorite season?
Spring
How do you like to celebrate your birthday?
Good food. Good friends. Great chocolate dessert.
What’s a recent tv show/movie/book/podcast you highly recommend?
The Real Housewives of Rhode Island. 10/10 drama, accents, and one-liners.
What’s your favorite type of cuisine?
Red sauce Italian.
What do you do when you have free time?
Read and watch Bravo.
What can readers expect from you next?
I’ll have another thriller out next summer, but this one is for adults!
The New York Times bestselling author of The Counselors delivers a razor-sharp murder-mystery set during the summer when a local teen's suspicious death exposes the devastating secrets three sisters keep.
Do you ever really know the people you love?
For the Gold sisters and Silver brothers, life has been idyllic, growing up in side-by-side waterfront mansions in a town where doors are never locked and the police do little more than issue speeding tickets. The Golds and Silvers have known each other their entire lives, as neighbors, as friends, as family.
But one carefree summer takes a dark turn when a beach party ends in tragedy and their perfect world cracks wide open. Suddenly, the bonds that tie these families together are strained by suspicion and fear. Painful secrets surface, revealing the fragile truths they've all been hiding.
Lucy, the oldest Gold girl, harbors a crushing secret from her boyfriend, one of the Silver boys. Millie, the middle sister, quietly yearns for the one person she can't have. And the youngest, Frankie, uncovers something that could blow their island apart.
From New York Times bestselling author Jessica Goodman, comes a gripping novel about the lies friends tell, the façade siblings build, and how one summer tests—and breaks—the bonds of family.
Young Adult Romance | Thriller [ G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, On Sale: June 2, 2026, Paperback / e-Book / audiobook, ISBN: 9798217005253 / eISBN: 9798217005246 ]
Jessica Goodman is the New York Times bestselling author of They’ll Never Catch Us, They Wish They Were Us, and The Counselors. She is the former op-ed editor at Cosmopolitan magazine, where she won a National Magazine Award in personal service. She has also held editorial positions at Entertainment Weekly and HuffPost.
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