An Academy for Liars

This darkly gorgeous story is a lavish feast for fans of gothic horror. One of my top reads of the year! – SUNYI DEAN, author of The Book EatersThe perfect blend of gothic horror and dark academia. It grabs you by the throat and doesn’t let go until long after its final pages. Lennon’s is a vicious and gloriously unsettling tale of power, betrayal, and the bloody price of ambition. – FRANCESCA MAY, author of Wild and Wicked ThingsAlexis Henderson turns her incredible eye for the upsetting to academia, and delivers a campus novel saturated with violence, desire, and power. It’s a book with blood on its lips, and I loved it completely. – ALIX E. HARROW, author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January A modern-day Anne Rice, Henderson has a gift for creating a world engorged with desire and death. * THE NEW YORK TIMES *An Academy for Liars is propulsive, thought provoking, and sexy - Alexis Henderson is in a class of her own. – HANNAH WHITTEN, author of The Foxglove KingDark academia stunner infused with Henderson’s signature style – it’s lush, atmospheric, imaginative and impossible to put down. – RACHEL HARRISON, author of CacklePerfect for the darker nights, this atmospheric novel is one for lovers of dark academia. * HEAT magazine *

Alexis Henderson is a speculative fiction writer with a penchant for dark fantasy, witchcraft and cosmic horror. Growing up in one of America’s most haunted cities, Savannah, Georgia, instilled in her a life-long love of ghost stories. When she doesn’t have her nose buried in a book, you can find her painting or watching horror movies with her feline familiar. Her acclaimed adult books include The Year of the Witching, House of Hunger and An Academy for Liars. Her debut YA novel, When I Was Death, publishes in March 2026.