NEW NOVEL
​House of Liars

Six writers compete for a million-dollar prize. One of them is an AI.
A literary psychological thriller about the twisty territories of artistic ambition, motherhood, desire, and machines that know us better than we know ourselves.

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Hi, I’m Jenny. I research and write about people and technology from my home in Aotearoa New Zealand. I've written several books and some other works too. My new novel, House of Liars, was inspired by my time working on AI ethics at Microsoft. I'm a member of SpecFic NZ (they did a fun interview with me!) and the New Zealand Society of Authors.

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Press bio

Jenny Williams spent eight and a half years at Google and Microsoft, where she worked on AI ethics, content design, and research on creativity and AI. She is the author of The Atlas of Forgotten Places, A Short Future History of Whales, and House of Liars. She holds a BA in English from UC Berkeley and an MFA in fiction from Brooklyn College; she is a 2026 MDes candidate at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington. Hailing from the Western United States, she has lived in Uganda and Germany and currently resides in Aotearoa New Zealand with her partner and son.

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