Lily is currently a junior at Smith College studying English and the NYT bestselling author of THE LAST BOOKSTORE ON EARTH. When she isn’t writing, she can be found working at her local independent bookstore or daydreaming about living in outer space. At Smith, she enjoys participating in various theater shenanigans and playing her trombone. Her second novel, WHAT HAPPENED IN THE WOODS, is being published in Spring 2027.

Likes: mint tea, coke slushies, rainy afternoons, New Jersey, musicals, horror movies

Dislikes: yogurt, early mornings, physics, humid weather, fire alarms

Favorites:

• Books: Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel, This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone, We Could Be Rats by Emily Austin, The Girl Who Played With Fire by Steig Larson, In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

• Movies: Paddington 2, Juno, Frances Ha, The Monkey, Zombieland

• Artists: Woodkid, Alanis Morissette, The Antlers, Harvey Danger, Sufjan Stevens

• Musicals: Titanic, Hair, Sweeney Todd, Jesus Christ Superstar

• TV Shows: Orphan Black, The 100, The Haunting of Hill House, Criminal Minds