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Lara Prescott

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Fiction, Historical Fiction, Contemporary

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Lara Prescott's debut novel, THE SECRETS WE KEPT, is out September 3, 2019 from Alfred A. Knopf (US) and Hutchinson (UK), and will be translated into 29 languages.

Lara received her MFA from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas in 2018. She grew up in Pennsylvania and studied political science at American University in Washington, D.C. Prior to writing fiction, Lara worked as a political campaign consultant.

Lara's writing has appeared in The Southern Review, The Hudson Review, Crazyhorse, Tin House Flash Friday, and more. She lives in Austin, Texas. ...more

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“We unveil ourselves in the pieces we want others to know, even those closest to us. We all have our secrets.”
― Lara Prescott, The Secrets We Kept
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“the mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for,”
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“I wanted them to take a good hard look at a system that had allowed the State to kill off any writer, any intellectual—hell, even any meteorologist—they disagreed with.”
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