Study Guide

What I Saw and How I Lied Characters

By Judy Blundell

Evie Spooner is our plucky, adolescent narrator as we navigate the choppy waters in What I Saw...

The mysterious and attractive Peter Coleridge shows up in Palm Beach… and nothing is ever...

Everyone says the same thing about Bev: she's a total babe. After all, she's got that long blonde...

Joe Spooner is Evie's idea of a perfect dad—he's all-American, provides for the family, and...

When the Spooners first see Arlene Grayson, they're all taken by just how elegant and fancy she...

Mr. Grayson is a slick, successful businessman who Joe immediately befriends when they arrive at...

Who's Wally? He's a pimply teenage bellhop at the hotel, who pretty much follows Evie everywhere,...

For someone whose name includes the word glad, Grandma Glad is not someone who is ever happy at...

We only see Peter Coleridge's father briefly, in the courtroom at the trial, and he never once...

The hotel manager at the hotel may seem like a very minor character in What I Saw and How I Lied,...

At the beginning, Margie is unequivocally Evie's best friend for life. They've known each other...