Publisher Description

Celebrity-studded parties that last long into the night. Camera flashes and designer clothes. And a body found floating in the Venice Beach canals.But let's start at the beginning.Justine Childs is your average teenage girl, until the day ex-child-star Eva-Kate Kelly moves in across the way. Eva-Kate is gorgeous, seductive, and eager to invite Justine into her glittery world. Their relationship intensifies quickly, but there is a lot they aren't telling each other, and in the midst of the whirlwind, a girl lies dead. Who killed Eva-Kate? Justine swears her innocence-and she'd like you to hear her side of the story.One of Us Is Lying meets The A-List in this Technicolor tale of rich and beautiful kids growing up too fast in a city that devours its young.

Author Biography

Zara Lisbon is a writer of fiction and poetry. She has written for HelloGiggles, HitFix, and the Observer, and her short stories have been published in Able Muse, Cheap Pop Lit, FORTH Magazine, La Miscellany, and Attic Salt. Most recently, she co-wrote Life Uploaded with YouTube personality Sierra Furtado. Zara grew up in Venice, California, and has an MFA in creative writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Fake Plastic Girl is her first novel.

Review

"Zara Lisbon's debut is as fast-paced, fascinating, and frightening as celebrity itself." --BJ Novak "A dark, comic, funny, sad, gorgeous Los Angeles noir of a book. Don't miss this one!" --Melissa de la Cruz, New York Times-bestselling author of the Alex & Eliza trilogy "Uh . . . this book has everything. Star studded parties, ex-child-stars, and a murder mystery? Add it to your TBR list immediately." --Cosmopolitan "Jaded teens, tabloid travails, and murder, oh my!" --Kirkus Reviews

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In this debut YA thriller, a lonely teenager meets the glamorous It-girl next door-and winds up arrested for her murder.

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"Zara Lisbon's debut is as fast-paced, fascinating, and frightening as celebrity itself." --BJ Novak "A dark, comic, funny, sad, gorgeous Los Angeles noir of a book. Don't miss this one!" --Melissa de la Cruz, New York Times-bestselling author of the Alex & Eliza trilogy "Uh . . . this book has everything. Star studded parties, ex-child-stars, and a murder mystery? Add it to your TBR list immediately." --Cosmopolitan "Jaded teens, tabloid travails, and murder, oh my!" --Kirkus Reviews

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In this debut YA thriller, a lonely teenager meets the glamorous It-girl next door--and winds up arrested for her murder.

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