JULIET FAITHFULL is a Spanish-British-American writer who grew up in Brazil. She was awarded a fellowship to the Novel Incubator program at Boston’s GrubStreet. Today we discuss her debut novel, Liar’s Dice, winner of the 2024 Irish Writers Centre’s Novel Fair as well as a semifinalist for the James Jones First Novel Fellowship. Juliet is a graduate of Harvard University and Smith College School for Social Work,

Liar’s Dice is far more than a historical fiction. It is an emotional story about identity, disability, immigration, family secrets, belonging, betrayal, and the invisible wounds children carry into adulthood. The story follows Dolores, a young Brazilian girl whose life is shattered after her twin sister’s illness tears their family apart, forcing her into a new country, a new language, and a new world where she struggles ...