Hilary Liftin's 'Movie Star' is decidedly human
Ghostwriter Hilary Liftin steps out of the shadows with her very first novel, Movie Star by Lizzie Pepper.
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Hilary Liftin — who has built her career on ghostwriting celeb bios — steps out of the shadows with her first novel, Movie Star by Lizzie Pepper.
Liftin joins Shad to discuss her faux-celebrity memoir (written by the fictional ex-wife of a huge movie star and cult member) and the notion that public figures are knowable.