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Emily Listfield

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New York

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https://www.emilylistfield.com

Genre

Mystery, Thriller, Fiction

Member Since

January 2009

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I’m fascinated by how well we can ever truly know another human being — whether it’s a romantic partner, a best friend, or our own child.
My new novel, Reasons to Lie, pushes three mothers and best friends to confront this question when a student is murdered on a class trip all their teenagers were on. Suddenly, everyone is a suspect. And everyone is lying. How far will they go to protect their kids? How far would YOU go?

I grew up in New York City, raised my daughter here, and set the book in an elite Manhattan private school. Having navigated this world firsthand, I had a front-row seat to rich people behaving badly — and it was too good a story not to share! .

This is my eighth novel and I’m thrilled that Oprah Daily named it one of the mos ...more

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Average rating: 3.31 · 1,471 ratings · 339 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	Waiting to Surface 3.25 avg rating — 1,300 ratings — published 2007 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reasons to Lie 3.83 avg rating — 113 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It Was Gonna Be Like Paris 3.45 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1988 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Variations in the Night: A Novel 3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best Intentions: A Novel really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Emily liked Connie's review of Reasons to Lie: "’ve been a huge fan of Emily Listfield for years, so when I heard she had a new book coming out (finally!), I could not wait to get my hands on it. Reasons to Lie did not disappoint. The story centers around a woman whose life starts to fall apart aft" Read more of this review »
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Emily and 2 other people liked Farah's review of Reasons to Lie: "A private school field trip ends in disaster with one student dead. What happened? Was it an accident or was someone to blame? Thrillers where the characters all have their own secrets are the best kind (I feel like I say this all the time but it's tr" Read more of this review »
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Emily and 5 other people liked Thrillerswineandchill's review of Reasons to Lie: "⚡️ F A S T P A C E D F R I D A Y review ⚡️ featuring “Reasons to Lie” by Emily Listfield! Abby, Kara and Hollis are all mothers whose kids attend the elite Dearborn Academy in Manhattan. These women are very different from one another and come from va" Read more of this review »
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Emily and 5 other people liked Hillary's review of Reasons to Lie: "3.7 While i'm always delighted to read about the comings and goings of privileged private school kids, it would have been way more fun if the author hadn't given away the twist/surprise bad guy super super early on. That said, there was enough ancilla" Read more of this review »
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Emily made a comment on Connie’s review of Reasons to Lie " Thank you so much! "
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Emily made a comment on Julie (JuJu)’s review of Reasons to Lie " Thanks so much! So gad you liked it! "
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