10-minute virtual call with Bethany Joy Lenz. Bethany Joy Lenz is a New York Times bestselling author, award-winning actress, director, executive producer, singer, composer, fine artist, and podcast host. Best known for her nine-year run as a lead on the hit CW drama One Tree Hill, she also starred as the Chicago District Attorney in USA's Suits spinoff Pearson opposite Morgan Spector, and led the feature film So Cold the River, which she also executive produced. In 2024, she released her memoir Dinner for Vampires, which became an instant New York Times bestseller for several weeks, earning widespread acclaim. The book was featured in VOGUE and TIME's Top 100 Books of the Year, appeared on the cover of PEOPLE, and was highlighted by Vanity Fair, Variety, and New York Magazine. It was named a Best Book of 2024 by Audible, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble., selected as a Book of the Month Club pick.Her debut novel, The Betrayal of Cora Wexford, is out now from Simon & Schuster.Lenz currently stars in the series Hope Valley 1874 for Hallmark+, playing a widowed mother navigating new beginnings while helping to shape a growing community on the Canadian frontier. Recurring roles include Dexter, Grey's Anatomy, Colony, and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Photo Credit: Mandii Edwin. Fun Fact: Lenz also co-hosted the chart-topping iHeartRadio podcast Drama Queens.