Lily Dale is the backdrop for a series of young adult paranormal novels by "New York Times" bestselling author Wendy Corsi Staub, who grew up a few miles from Lily Dale, New York. To date, the series includes four titles published by Walker Books for Young Readers: "Lily Dale: Awakening", "Lily Dale: Believing", "Lily Dale: Connecting" and "Lily Dale: Discovering". Staub has also written an adult thriller set in Lily Dale entitled "In the Blink of an Eye", published by Kensington Books in 2002, and currently writes the Lily Dale Mysteries, an adult spin-off series featuring new characters as well as several from the original. The first three books are "Nine Lives," "Something Buried, Something Blue," and "Dead of Winter," with two additional titles coming soon.