Vanessa Lillie
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| Born | Miami, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
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Vanessa Lillie is a Cherokee suspense and mystery writer.
Lillie is originally from Miami, Oklahoma and is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation.[1] She attended Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri. She then studied public administration at American University in Washington, DC.[2]
Career
Lillie's debut novel, Little Voices, was published in 2019.[3] Lillie wrote “Home But Not Alone: A Coronavirus Diary” for The Providence Journal during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Her second book, For the Best, was published in 2020.[4]
Lillie started writing her third novel, Blood Sisters, in 2020 and was out of contract after the publication of her first two books.[5] She has said that Blood Sisters contains many elements of her own identity. Like Lillie herself, her protagonist, Syd Walker, is a queer, white-presenting Cherokee from Northeast Oklahoma.[1][6] Blood Sisters, which was published in 2023, was a national pick for the Good Morning America, Amazon, and Target book clubs.[7][8]
