Liv Constantine – Author Biography
Early Life
Liv Constantine is the pen name of sisters Lynne Constantine and Valerie Constantine, who write bestselling psychological thrillers together. The sisters grew up sharing a love of storytelling and decided to combine their talents — one bringing a background in writing, the other a fresh perspective — into a single authorial voice.
Career
Their debut as Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish (2017), was an immediate sensation: the story of Amber Patterson, who insinuates herself into the life of the wealthy Daphne Parrish, became an international bestseller with a twist ending that readers devoured. It spent months on bestseller lists and was optioned for film, with Jennifer Lopez attached to star. The sisters followed it with The Last Time I Saw You (2019), The Wife Stalker (2020), and The Stranger in the Mirror (2021), establishing themselves as reliable hitmakers in the domestic thriller genre.
Major Works
The Last Mrs. Parrish (2017) remains their signature novel — a modern tale of ambition, deception, and revenge among the rich. Their subsequent thrillers continued their exploration of marriage, obsession, and identity.
Writing Style and Themes
The Constantines write sleek, twist-driven domestic suspense in the tradition of the “unreliable marriage” thriller. Their great subject is the performance of the perfect life — and the predators who exploit it. Their prose is polished and propulsive, with alternating perspectives that keep readers guessing about who to trust. Recurring themes include class envy, female rivalry, and reinvention.
Legacy
As a sister writing team, Liv Constantine became one of the standout new voices of the late-2010s domestic thriller boom. The Last Mrs. Parrish is frequently cited among the decade’s most satisfying twist novels, and their success proved the enduring appetite for glamorous, Hitchcockian suspense.
