Gillian Flynn





Gillian Flynn

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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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Average rating: 3.76 · 11,173 ratings · 2,406 reviews · 4 distinct works
Sharp Objects
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 6,004 ratings — published 2006 — 31 editions
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Dark Places
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 5,155 ratings — published 2009 — 24 editions
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Gone Girl
4.53 of 5 stars 4.53 avg rating — 19 ratings — expected publication 2012 — 5 editions
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Kizu: Kizu
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2007
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“I was not a lovable child, and I'd grown into a deeply unlovable adult. Draw a picture of my soul, and it'd be a scribble with fangs.”
Gillian Flynn, Dark Places

“I ached once, hard, like a period typed at the end of a sentence.”
Gillian Flynn, Sharp Objects

“There was nothing I wanted to do more than be unconscious again, wrapped in black, gone away. I was raw. I felt swollen with potential tears, like a water balloon filled to burst. Begging for a pin prick.”
Gillian Flynn, Sharp Objects

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M/T Reading Friends: JF, NR 188 160 Jun 24, 2009 03:36am  
Novel Ladies: Judges Selected - Dark Places by Gillian Flynn 29 32 Jul 07, 2009 03:10am  
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