Karen McManus

Karen M. McManus lives and writes in Massachusetts, where she earned a BA from the College of the Holy Cross and an MA in journalism from Northeastern University. Her background in journalism helps her to craft the fake news headlines for her novels, which are thrillers and mysteries. After dabbling in writing dystopian fiction inspired by The Hunger Games, McManus found her stride when she decided to undertake a modern retelling of The Breakfast Club—with a serious twist. In just two months, she wrote One of Us Is Lying, and it shot to the top of the New York Times Bestsellers List shortly after its publication. She is a single mother who works in marketing, and her second novel, Two Can Keep a Secret, is scheduled for release in 2019.