Gillian Flynn
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place of birth
Kansas City, MO, The United States
genre
Mystery & Thrillers
about this author
Gillian Flynn is an American author and television critic for Entertainment Weekly. She has so far written two novels, Sharp Objects, for which she won the 2007 Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for the best thriller; and her second book, Dark Places
Her book has received wide praise, including from authors such as Stephen King. The dark plot revolves around a serial killer in a Missouri town, and the reporter who has returned from Chicago to cover the event. Themes include dysfunctional families,violence and self-harm.
In 2007 the novel was shortlisted for the Mystery Writers of America Edgar for Best First Novel by an American Writer, Crime Writers' Association Duncan Lawrie, CWA New Blood and Ian Fleming Steel Daggers, winni...more
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Sharp Objects: A Novel by Gillian Flynn avg rating 3.63 — 2,313 ratings — published 2006 18 editions |
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Dark Places by Gillian Flynn avg rating 3.82 — 1,079 ratings — published 2008 8 editions |
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"I ached once, hard, like a period typed at the end of a sentence."
— Gillian Flynn (Sharp Objects: A Novel)
— Gillian Flynn (Sharp Objects: A Novel)
"I felt something loosen in me, that shouldn't have loosened. A stitch come undone."
— Gillian Flynn (Dark Places)
— Gillian Flynn (Dark Places)
"I have a meanness inside me, real as an organ. Slit me at my belly and it might slide out, meaty and dark, drop on the floor so you could stomp on it."
— Gillian Flynn (Dark Places: A Novel)
— Gillian Flynn (Dark Places: A Novel)
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| The Book Challenge: Heather's 2008 Challenge | 111 | 87 | Dec 07, 2008 08:15AM | |
| M/T Reading Friends: JF, NR | 188 | 154 | Jun 24, 2009 03:36AM | |
| Novel Ladies: Judges Selected - Dark Places by Gillian Flynn | 29 | 34 | Jul 07, 2009 03:10AM | |
| Novel Ladies: (C) Dark Places by Gillian Flynn * | 22 | 34 | Jul 24, 2009 07:59AM | |
| M/T Reading Friends: Library Saturday | 44 | 92 | Aug 09, 2009 01:08PM |






















