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How Internationally Bestselling Author Liv Constantine Writes


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Internationally bestselling authors, Lynne & Valerie Constantine – AKA Liv Constantine – spoke to me about the importance of writers’ conferences, how to write perfidy with your best friend, and their latest thriller THE SENATOR'S WIFE.

Liv Constantine is the pen name of sisters Lynne and Valerie Constantine who are the WSJ, USA Today, and Internationally bestselling authors of Reese’s Book Club pick The Last Mrs. Parrish, which has sold over 500,000 copies and is soon to be adapted for Netflix

Their latest, The Senator's Wife, is described as “... a psychological thriller that upends the private lives of those who walk the halls of power. Because when you have it all, you have everything to lose.”

#1 New York Times bestselling author A. J. Finn called the book, “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle meets The West Wing, a high-stakes paranoia thriller, slippery as a politician’s handshake, that's both sophisticated and irrepressibly fun.”

Lynne is a former marketing executive with a Master’s degree in Business from Johns Hopkins University who also writes The Jack Logan series under the pen name L.C. Shaw.

Early in her career, Valerie worked in Washington D.C. as a White House Assistant in the President’s Scheduling and Advance Office planning presidential trips and travel.

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In this file, Lynne, Valerie and I discussed: 

  • How to team up with your sister to write a thriller
  • Setting a book in the halls of power, Washington, D.C.
  • How they plot their novels over Zoom
  • Why they call Thiller Fest their “summer camp”
  • The importance of freelance editors
  • And a lot more!
  • Show Notes:

    • livconstantine.com
    • The Senator's Wife by Liv Constantine (Amazon) 
    • Liv Constantine Amazon Author Page
    • thrillerwriters.org
    • Liv Constantine on Instagram
    • Liv Constantine on Facebook
    • Liv Constantine on Twitter
    • Kelton Reid on Twitter
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