Join #1 New York Times best-selling novelist Sara Shepard and actress and writer Lilia Buckingham, coauthors of the new novel Influence, in conversation with the Pat Conroy Literary Center's Holland Perryman and Jonathan Haupt.

This free virtual program is presented in partnership between the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center and Blue Bicycle Books of Charleston. Signed copies of Influence are available through Blue Bicycle.

About Influence

"[A] glamorous thriller."—Publishers Weekly

"Welcome to the glamorous—and cutthroat—world of social media influencers. . . . Glossy and salacious." —Kirkus Reviews

"This is a fun romp and a peek into a fascinating, of-the-moment cultural phenomenon." —School Library Journal

"A timely tale that calls into question the pressures put on young people of influence and how far people are willing to go to get ahead." —Booklist

After a video she makes goes viral, everyone knows Delilah Rollins. And now that she's in LA, Delilah's standing on the edge of something incredible. Everything is going to change. She has no idea how much.

Jasmine Walters-Diaz grew up in the spotlight. A child star turned media darling, the posts of her in her classic Lulu C. rainbow skirt practically break the Internet. But if the world knew who Jasmine really was, her perfect life? Canceled.

Fiona Jacobs is so funny--the kind of girl for whom a crowd parts--no wonder she's always smiling! But on the inside? The girl's a hot mess. And when someone comes out of the shadows with a secret from her past, it's one that won't just embarrass Fiona: it will ruin her.

Who wouldn't want to be Scarlet Leigh? Just look at her Instagram. Scarlet isn't just styled to perfection: she is perfection. Scarlet has a gorgeous, famous boyfriend named Jack and there's a whole fanbase about their ship. To everyone watching online, their lives seem perfect . . . but are they really? The sun is hot in California . . . and someone's going to get burned.

About the Authors

SARA SHEPARD is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Pretty Little Liars series, the Perfectionists series, and many more novels for teens and adults. She lives with her family in Pittsburgh. @saracshepard on Instagram; @sarabooks on Twitter

LILIA BUCKINGHAM is a seventeen-year-old writer, actress, dancer, and student. Though she has a strong social media presence, Lilia hates the term "influencer" but loved writing Influence. She lives in Los Angeles with her mother, brother, and two dogs. @lilia on Instagram; @BuckinghamLilia on Twitter

About the Hosts

Beaufort High School student HOLLAND PERRYMAN is the first intern of the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center and an award-winning writer whose work has been featured in the Charleston Post and Courier, Lowcountry Weekly, Southern Review of Books, and the anthologies River of Words and Stretching Skyward.

JONATHAN HAUPT is the executive director of the Pat Conroy Literary Center, coeditor of the award-winning anthology Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy, a book reviewer, a podcast host, and an associate producer of the Telly Award-winning author interview series By the River on ETV. www.patconroyliterarycenter.org