The Glamorous and the Gruesome

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Sunday, November 9

Kirkus Tent

In their latest novels, Jo Piazza and Margarita Montimore craft thrilling stories where glamour masks darkness and ambition carries a price. In Piazza’s Everyone Is Lying to You, a decade-old friendship is tested when a social media influencer vanishes and a murder exposes the ruthless underbelly of curated perfection. In Montimore’s The Dollhouse Academy, aspiring actresses navigate an elite, secretive boarding school, discovering that fame comes with secrets, manipulation, and danger.