Bethany Joy Lenz

Bethany Joy Lenz is an accomplished and award-winning actress and director, a singer, composer, librettist, author, producer, fine artist and publisher. She currently leads the new tv series HOPE VALLEY 1874 on Hallmark+ and is recognizable from her nine-year run as "Haley James" on television drama One Tree Hill, among many other credits. Her memoir, DINNER FOR VAMPIRES is a New York Times Bestseller, and a roadmap to understanding narcissistic abuse in a group dynamic after leaving a bible-based cult.

She’s been nominated for an Ambie award as a radio drama performer, and was co-host on #1 rated iHeart Radio podcast 'Drama Queens'. She has recently been featured on the cover of People Magazine, in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Variety, and on Call Her Daddy. Her memoir, DINNER FOR VAMPIRES, a roadmap to understanding narcissistic abuse in a group dynamic, is a New York Times Bestseller.

She also publishes a broadsheet lifestyle newspaper called Modern Vintage News and recently released an album with Tyler Hilton called WELL WELL WELL, in honor of the 20th anniversary of One Tree Hill music.