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Deborah Goodrich Royce

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Born

Detroit, Michigan, The United States

Website

https://deborahgoodrichroyce.com

Genre

Suspense, Thriller, Fiction

Influences

Daphne du Maurier, Tana French

Member Since

September 2012

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Deborah Goodrich Royce's thrillers examine puzzles of identity. Reef Road hit Publishers Weekly's Bestseller list, Good Morning America's top 15 list, and was named an Indie Next pick by the American Booksellers Association for January 2023. Ruby Falls won the Zibby Award for Best Plot Twist in 2021 and Finding Mrs. Ford was hailed by Forbes, BookRiot, and Good Morning America's "best of" lists in 2019.

She began as an actress on All My Children and in multiple films before transitioning to the role of story editor at Miramax Films, developing Emma and early versions of Chicago and A Wrinkle in Time.

With her husband, Chuck, Deborah restored the Avon Theatre, Ocean House Hotel, Deer Mountain Inn, United Theatre, Savoy Bookstore, and numerou ...more

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Average rating: 3.63 · 4,863 ratings · 951 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Finding Mrs. Ford 3.69 avg rating — 2,981 ratings — published 2019 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ruby Falls 3.42 avg rating — 1,067 ratings — published 2021 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reef Road 3.70 avg rating — 815 ratings — published 2023 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A Conversation with Deborah Goodrich Royce

Q: What inspired you to write Finding Mrs. Ford?
A: Several different threads of inspiration coalesced to get me started on Finding Mrs. Ford. First—and I say this only half facetiously—was the empty nest. I jokingly say that it took the youngest child leaving home for me to get the real estate in my brain back. To be clear, I LOVE my children and could not—would not—imagine my life without them. H Read more of this blog post »

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Published on January 29, 2019 10:24 • Tags: finding-mrs-ford, mystery, suspense, thriller

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Deborah Royce answered Judy Freidhof's question: When will the next thriller be released? I am so excited to share Reef Road will be out January 10! You can preorder now.
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“I am missing those I love. That is how we say it in English, anyway. In French, it flips around to tu me manques. You are missing to me. You are missing from me.”
― Deborah Goodrich Royce, Ruby Falls

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