Liane Moriarty Was Terrified To Write A Big Little Lies Sequel. She Did It Anyway
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Liane Moriarty discusses her new sequel 'Big Little Truths' and the challenges of returning to beloved characters.
Want to listen before everyone else? Mamamia subscribers get exclusive early access to No Filter from 6am every Saturday, a full two days before regular listeners. Click here to subscribe now . Liane Moriarty is one of the most successful authors in the world — the writer behind Big Little Lies , Nine Perfect Strangers , Apples Never Fall and The Husband's Secret . Now, for the first time in her career, she's written a sequel: Big Little Truths , returning to Madeline, Celeste and the rest of the Big Little Lies world a decade on. In this conversation, Liane and Kate talk about why she avoided writing a sequel for so long, the pressure of returning to characters millions of readers already love, and the surreal experience of watching Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon and Meryl Streep bring her imagination to life on screen — including the story of how she wrote a role specifically for Meryl Streep before ever meeting her. They also get into Liane's family of writers (three of five sisters are published authors), her own breast cancer scare, marriage, motherhood, writing teenagers, envy as a creative motivator, and why — even after decades of success &mdash…
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