Hallie Ephron





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Hallie Ephron

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born
Los Angeles, The United States

gender
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influences
Nancy Drew, Agatha Christie, Patricia Highsmith

member since
November 2008


About this author

Hallie is the author of suspense novels Come and Find Me and Never Tell a Lie which was made into the Lifetime Movie Network film And Baby Will Fall.

A book lover, she also wrote The Bibliophile's Devotional and 1001 Books for Every Mood and reviews crime fiction for the Boston Globe.

Her Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel: How to Knock 'Em Dead with Style was nominated for Edgar and Anthony awards. She teaches writing at writing conferences.

Hallie lives near Boston with her husband and has two fabulous daughters. She is the third of four writing Ephron sisters and grew up in Southern California.


Average rating: 3.39 · 1,248 ratings · 341 reviews · 9 distinct works
Never Tell a Lie
3.31 of 5 stars 3.31 avg rating — 782 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions
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1001 Books for Every Mood
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 202 ratings — published 2007
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Come and Find Me
2.97 of 5 stars 2.97 avg rating — 149 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions
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3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions
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4.45 of 5 stars 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions
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Le Mensonge
4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010
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Duistere leugens
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009
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Never Tell a Lie -- Behind the Book (Mystery & Thrillers)
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Description: Just some insight about Never Tell a Lie. (1/09 William Morrow)

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An Appetite for Murder by Lucy Burdette
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I love Key West, I love food, and I love Roberta Isleib's breezey writing style. Her character Hayley Snow is a great combination of smart and vulnerable as she recovers from a toxic boyfriend whose new girlfriend has inconveniently turned up dead. T...more
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"Annie wrote: "Hallie, you had me at Reacher-ish!"

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November Hunt by Jess Lourey
November Hunt
by Jess Lourey
read in April, 2012
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For readers looking for comfort food rather than an adrenalin rush, Jess Lourey's "November Hunt" goes down easy. The setting is Battle Lake, Minnesota. It's the last week of November ("cold enough to freeze the balls off a pool table"), hunting seas...more
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Clawback by Mike   Cooper
Clawback: A Novel
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read in April, 2012
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Mike Cooper's debut novel "Clawback" is a frenetic, no-holds-barred thriller. CPA Silas Cade is like Rambo in green eyeshades. His clients are high-powered execs, cut-throat American businessmen who "need the problem solved fast and permanent." A Jac...more
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Edge of Dark Water by Joe R. Lansdale
Edge of Dark Water
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Joe R. Lansdale's Southern Gothic "Edge of Dark Water" takes the reader down a river on a journey with a cast of unforgettable characters. Narrator Sue Ellen is a clear-eyed teenager who'd much rather go fishing and shoot squirrels than keep a garden...more
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The Boy Who Shoots Crows by Randall Silvis
The Boy Who Shoots Crows
by Randall Silvis
read in January, 2011
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Randall Silvis's "The Boy Who Shoots Crows" tells of another lost boy. Twelve-year-old Jesse Rankin is known to his neighbors for roaming the woods surrounding Amish farmland and shooting crows. He's last seen driving a tractor in a field just beyond...more
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Defending Jacob by William Landay
Defending Jacob
by William Landay (Goodreads Author)
recommended for: fans of legal thrillers, family drama, Scott Turow
read in February, 2011
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Many crime fiction writers have imagined the horror of losing a child. William Landay's "Defending Jacob" wades into truly dark territory, imagining parents who discover that their child may be a murderer.

The setting is Newton, MA. The father is Andy...more
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Hallie Eight crime fiction authors (Deborah Crombie, Julia Spencer-Fleming, Rhys Bowen, Lucy Burdette, Rosemary Harris...) talk about birth order and how it scarred us -- or didn't -- today on Jungle Red. Also a quiz and book giveaway (AIRTIME by Hank Phillippi Ryan and COME AND FIND ME by yours truly.) http://www.jungleredwriters.com/2011/...


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Beth Hi Hallie,
Thanks for befriending this fellow mystery/suspense author!
- Beth


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