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Marisha Pessl

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Marisha Pessl is the New York Times bestselling author of Night Film, Special Topics in Calamity Physics, and various YA thrillers including the Darkly series, currently in development with Jamie Lee Curtis and Blumhouse. She lives in New York with her husband and three daughters.

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Average rating: 3.74 · 182,181 ratings · 25,343 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	Night Film 3.78 avg rating — 97,814 ratings — published 2013 — 4 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
	Special Topics in Calamity Physics 3.70 avg rating — 49,583 ratings — published 2006 — 86 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
	Neverworld Wake 3.74 avg rating — 26,259 ratings — published 2018 — 57 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
	Darkly (Darkly, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 8,497 ratings — published 2024 — 21 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
	Deadly (Darkly, #2) 4.36 avg rating — 21 ratings — 4 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
	Rentrée littéraire by Carole Martinez, Clélia Anfray, Gaëlle Bantegnie 2.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2015	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
	Bittersweet-Reader Thriller: 11 nervenaufreibende Leseproben by Chelsea Bobulski (Goodreads Author), Eileen Cook (Goodreads Author), James Dashner (Goodreads Author) 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2020	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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“Just when you think you've hit rock bottom, you realize you're standing on another trapdoor.”
― Marisha Pessl, Night Film

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“Always live your life with your biography in mind.”
― Marisha Pessl, Special Topics in Calamity Physics

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“Mortal fear is as crucial a thing to our lives as love. It cuts to the core of our being and shows us what we are. Will you step back and cover your eyes? Or will you have the strength to walk to the precipice and look out?”
― Marisha Pessl, Night Film

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