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Lily Sparks

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Born in Norwalk Connecticut, started my career in Los Angeles. Hid out in the mountains for a while, now I'm setting down roots by the beach.

I've had a million odd jobs, including:

character designer
screenwriter
soap salesman
footage archivist
Arts & Crafts counselor
award show production assistant
product designer
auction house intake co-ordinator
trader joe's chip section leader
Microsoft content writer
illustrator
Hollywood hostel front desk person
voice actor

Telling stories is what I do to be happy and help make sense of the world.

I hope you have as much fun reading my books as I do writing them.
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Hello!!! Thank you for this question & for loving the book.
There IS a sequel, it will be out 8/9/22, and it's called...

TEEN KILLERS IN LOVE!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

It's available on Netgalley now & starting to rack up reviews!

& In very exciting news it is getting a third an final book.

I sold the second book as "Teen Killers 2 Hide + Seek" but as a book moves along the publishing journey lots of things change and one of those things is usually the title. I am always in favor of a shorter title & this one is very to the point.

Thanks for asking a question & I hope you add TKIL to your TBR pile :D
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Thank you so much for this question!
And what a compliment. Nothing makes me happier than when people enjoy Teen Killers Club. Of all my writing its my most personal & heartfelt & people who get it are my people.
My process starts with a really detailed outline. I break the story in a broad arc and then break down what happens in every single chapter.

However in the actual writing, once my characters are solid, I sort of set them down and see what they do. This is my favorite part of writing, I really feel like a camera following the characters around and recording what happens, and so often they surprise me. I give my characters total permission to re-write the story according to what they truly are and this usually lands me in a place more organic than what I've planned.

For example, [spoiler] in my first outline of Teen Killers Club, Erik was the big bad and Signal had to kill him in the Star Barn at the end to protect Javier. But then in the writing, Erik kept making the case for why he was not such a bad guy after all, and in listening to him the theme of the book and the series became much clearer.

Hope this is helpful. Everyone has their own different way they write and whatever gives you the most happiness per minute is the way to follow.(less)
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THE MERCILESS KING OF MOORE HIGH

My next book, The Merciless King of Moore High is now available on Netgalley

When all the adults in tiny Brockton, Connecticut morph into monsters overnight, the teens barricade themselves in their high schools. They turn them into castles and develop different societies.

Hard-partying Moore builds a neo-feudal society where everyone goes out and slays the "dragons" together.

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Thank you for coming with me on this ride. And if you've enjoyed the Teen Killers series please check out my next book, THE MERCILESS KING OF MOORE HIGH.
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Naramauke is not sold by any major retailer. It is a ghost book that belongs only to my fans. If you want to read it you will have to contact and negotiate with them.

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“The moment you start stressing about how to keep something, you lose it forever. Because you’re not enjoying it. You’re just owning it.”
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