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Lilliam Rivera 

is a MacDowell fellow, a screenwriter, and an award-winning author of nine works of fiction: a forthcoming horror book, four young adult novels, three middle grade books, and a graphic novel for DC Comics. Her books have been awarded a Pura Belpré Honor, been featured on NPR, New Yorker, Los Angeles Times, NY Times, and multiple “best of” lists. Her novel Never Look Back is slated for an Amazon movie adaptation.

Her writing has appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times, and Elle, to name a few. Lilliam has also written for the episodic podcast series Love in Gravity. She’s received fellowships and grants from PEN America and the Elizabeth George Foundation.

A Bronx, New York native, Lilliam currently lives in Los Angeles.

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A young woman gets her dream job working for a famous designer—and discovers the dark side of the glamorous world of fashion—in this gorgeously sinister novel of supernatural suspense.

Fashion-obsessed Samara finally has the life she’s always dreamed of: a high-powered job with legendary designer Antonio Mota. A new home in sunny California, far away from those drab Jersey winters. And an intriguing love interest, Brandon, a wealthy investor in Mota’s fashion line.

But it’s not long before Samara’s dream life begins to turn into a living nightmare, as Mota’s big fashion show approaches and the pressure on Samara turns crushing. Perhaps that’s why Samara begins hearing voices in the dark in her room at night—and seeing strange things that can’t be explained away by stress and anxiety, or by the number of drinks she consumes every night. 

And it may not only be Samara’s unraveling psyche, because she soon discovers hints that her new city—and the house of Mota—may have been built on a foundation of secrets and lies. Now Samara must uncover what hideous truths lurk in the shadows of this illusory world of glamor and beauty, before those shadows claim her…

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The acclaimed LeVar Burton selected Lilliam’s short story “The Tin Man” to read on his podcast,

LeVar Burton Reads.

3PAS Studios and Amazon Studios to direct a film adaptation of Never Look Back. Romeo Santos, the King of Bachata, will executive produce with Bronx-born Zetna Fuentes directing and Puerto Rican-native Talia Rothenberg writing the screenplay.

Love In Gravity

For season two of the podcast series Love in Gravity, Lilliam was invited into the writers’ room and wrote two episodes. Season two launches October 5, presented by ViiV Heatlhcare and produced by Harley & Co. The season was nominated for a GLAAD!