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Olivia Worley

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Olivia Worley is an author born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. A graduate of Northwestern University, she now lives in New York City, where she spends her time writing thrillers, over-analyzing episodes of The Bachelor, and hoping someone will romanticize her for reading on the subway. She is the author of the young adult novels People to Follow and The Debutantes, and her adult debut, So Happy Together, was published in June 2025.

Schedule

11:45 am to 12:45 pm
State Library, Fifth Floor, Serials
The Fictional Façade: Thrillers About Hidden Lives, Obsession, and Family Secrets
Julie Clark, The Ghostwriter: A Novel
Amy Rossi, The Cover Girl: A Novel
Olivia Worley, So Happy Together: A Novel
with moderator Brittany Ramey

1:00 pm to 1:45 pm 
Cavalier House Books Tent
Book Signing

2:30 pm to 3:15 pm
A.Z. Young Park, Author Tent C
How to Survive a Young Adult Horror Novel (or Die Trying)
Desiree S. Evans, The Black Girl Survives in This One: Horror Stories
Olivia Worley, Final Cut
(ages 12 and up)

3:30 pm to 4:15 pm
Cavalier House Books Tent
Book Signing

Final Cut

The set of a low-budget slasher film turns into a real-life horror movie in this twisty, wicked blend of Scream meets The Reappearance of Rachel Price from Olivia Worley.

When recent high school graduate Hazel Lejeune gets the lead role in a slasher film, it feels like a dream come true. This is her chance to break into the industry, build her reel, and prove to her mom that this “gap year” can turn into a career. So what if it’s set in the nothing town of Pine Springs, Louisiana–the same place her father, the Pine Springs Slasher, was convicted of a series of murders fifteen years ago?

But when Haze arrives on set, she gets much more than she bargained for. The shoot is plagued by suspicious “accidents.” Mentions of her dad dot the entire script. And then, a gruesome murder shocks everyone to the core. Now, it’s clear there’s a real killer on set—one who's determined to finish the film at all costs. But is this merely a copycat, or is the wrong Slasher behind bars?

As the body count rises and reality blurs with fiction, Haze must unmask the killer before she becomes a real-life final girl…or before the killer flips the script and makes her the next victim.

So Happy Together: A Novel

A Most Anticipated Mystery/Thriller by Goodreads, People, SheReads, and more!

Jane and Colin are soulmates. He just doesn’t know it yet.

For twenty-four-year-old Jane, finding love in New York City is even harder than making it as a playwright. So when Jane meets Colin, she can’t believe her luck: they’re perfect for each other. Even when Colin breaks off their relationship after six dates, Jane knows this is just a stumbling block. She’ll get him back. She knows she will.

That is, until Colin starts dating Zoe―perfect, luminous Zoe. Even worse, she’s actually kind of nice. But Zoe doesn’t have what it takes to love Colin. All Jane has to do is prove it, and they’ll be so happy together.

But when Jane sneaks into Colin’s apartment, she makes a shocking discovery―one that will ensnare them all in a dark web of lies, secrets, and murder.

Unrelentingly twisty and utterly compelling, So Happy Together is an unputdownable, shattering read―a riveting blend of You, Riley Sager, and Promising Young Woman.

Some hearts get broken, some get even.