Writers & Lovers' Lily King for Heart the Lover

'Touching, thoughtful, a deeply affecting love story about time and regret' - David Nicholls

Join us for an evening with NY Times Bestselling author, Finalist of the British Book Awards for Fiction, and Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlistee, Lily King, to celebrate her brilliant new novel: Heart the Lover.

'You knew I'd write a book about you someday'

Our narrator understands good love stories - their secrets, their highs and free falls. But her greatest love story, the one she lived, never followed the rules.

She was in her senior year of college when star students Sam and Yash swept her into an intoxicating world of academic fervour, rapid-fire banter and raucous card games. Their lives became quickly intertwined - with friendship but also with unpredictable passions and the intimations of first love.

Decades later, she is a successful writer, living a comfortable life with her husband and children, when a surprise visit brings the past crashing into the present, forcing her to confront the decisions and deceptions of her youth.

Lily King is the New York Times bestselling author of five novels, including the New York Times bestsellers Euphoria and Writers & Lovers, and the story collection Five Tuesdays in Winter. Her work has won numerous prizes and awards, including the Kirkus Prize, the New England Book Award for Fiction, the Maine Book Award for Fiction, a MacDowell Fellowship and a Whiting Award. She lives in Portland, Maine.