62. Liz Nugent in Conversation

Before becoming a full-time writer, Liz Nugent worked in film, theatre, and television. We’re lucky she turned her efforts to writing perfect jewels of crime fiction, like Skin Deep, Our Little Cruelties, and Strange Sally Diamond. Her #1 bestselling books have won her devoted fans around the world, along with five Irish Book Awards. Nugent joins us in-person from Dublin with her latest brilliantly plotted masterpiece, The Truth About Ruby Cooper. This new, gripping suspense novel alternates between the perspectives of two sisters, as they grapple with the incident that changed both of their lives forever. Hear from one of the top crime writers working today. Moderated by Robert Wiersema.

Liz Nugent’s attendance made possible thanks to the generous support of Culture Ireland.

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Liz Nugent

LIZ NUGENT worked in film, theatre, and television before becoming a full-time writer. Her five novels—Unravelling Oliver, Lying in Wait, Skin Deep, Our Little Cruelties, and Strange Sally Diamond—have each been #1 bestsellers and she has won five Irish Book Awards, as well as the James Joyce Medal for Literature. Her books are sold in more than forty countries around the world. She lives in Dublin.

Robert Wiersema

The author of six books, including the novels Before I Wake, Bedtime Story, and Black Feathers, Robert J. Wiersema is also one of Canada's foremost literary reviewers, and teaches creative writing at Vancouver Island University. He lives in Victoria.