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Jennifer Hillier

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Born

in Toronto, Canada

Website

http://www.jenniferhillierbooks.com

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Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Suspense, Thriller

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April 2009

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Jennifer Hillier imagines the worst about people, and then writes about it.

She's the author of seven psychological thrillers, including the USA Today, Toronto Star, and The Globe and Mail bestselling Things We Do in the Dark, winner of the ITW Thriller Award for Best Audiobook. Described as “an intoxicating thrill ride” by the New York Times and “propulsive and chilling” by People magazine, it was a Book of the Month Club selection, an Indigo Top Ten Best Book of the Year, an Amazon Editor’s Spotlight Pick, a Loan Stars pick, and her third consecutive novel to be honored as a LibraryReads pick, which places her in their Hall of Fame.

She's also published six other novels, including the USA Today bestselling Little Secrets (finalist for the ...more

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Average rating: 4.09 · 722,142 ratings · 66,250 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors

	Little Secrets 4.21 avg rating — 208,316 ratings — published 2020 — 2 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
	Jar of Hearts 4.13 avg rating — 205,193 ratings — published 2018 — 2 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
	Things We Do in the Dark 3.94 avg rating — 134,551 ratings — published 2022 — 28 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
	The Butcher 4.09 avg rating — 71,260 ratings — published 2014 — 23 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
	Wonderland 4.06 avg rating — 39,711 ratings — published 2015 — 16 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
	Creep (Creep, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 40,691 ratings — published 2011 — 28 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
	Freak (Creep, #2) 3.87 avg rating — 22,221 ratings — published 2012 — 22 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
	The Minotaur Sampler, Volume 5: New Books to Make Your Heart Race by Nora Murphy (Goodreads Author), Ragnar Jónasson (Goodreads Author), Katharine Schellman (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2021	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
	Heart of Glass 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 3 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
	The Vampire Queen 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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Creep (2 books)
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Quotes by Jennifer Hillier (?)

“Living a life that isn’t meant for you is its own version of hell.”
― Jennifer Hillier, Jar of Hearts

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“You know what it’s like having a child? ... It’s like your heart walking out the door on two legs, vulnerable and unprotected. It’s scary as hell.”
― Jennifer Hillier, Little Secrets

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“In every story, there’s a hero and villain. Sometimes one person can be both.”
― Jennifer Hillier, Jar of Hearts

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Polls

January/February 2013 Group Read

Jet/Russell Blake

48 votes, 14.0%

The Racketeer/John Grisham

39 votes, 11.4%

The Likeness/ Tana French

31 votes, 9.0%

The Hard Way/Lee Child

31 votes, 9.0%

Defending Jacob/William Landay

24 votes, 7.0%

Basket Case/Carl Hiaasen

16 votes, 4.7%

Case Histories/Kate Atkinson

15 votes, 4.4%

Kill Shot/Vince Flynn

12 votes, 3.5%

A Child is Torn “Innocence Lost”/Dawn Kopman Whidden

11 votes, 3.2%

The Charm School/Nelson DeMille

10 votes, 2.9%

Creep/Jennifer Hillier

9 votes, 2.6%

Rivers of London/Ben Aaronovitch

9 votes, 2.6%

Death at Bishop's Keep/Robin Paige

8 votes, 2.3%

The Charter/Gillian Hamer

8 votes, 2.3%

A Deeper Darkness/J.T. Ellison

8 votes, 2.3%

Strangers Are Just Friends You Haven't Killed Yet/Ryan Bracha

8 votes, 2.3%

Cop Hater/Ed McBain

8 votes, 2.3%

Quite Ugly One Morning/Christopher Brookmyre

7 votes, 2.0%

Fear Collector/Gregg Olsen

7 votes, 2.0%

Hunter: Intrepid 2/Chris Allen

6 votes, 1.7%

The Return of Captain John Emmett/Elizabeth Speller

5 votes, 1.5%

Viral/James Lilliefors

5 votes, 1.5%

Missing: Presumed Dead /Hawkins James

3 votes, 0.9%

The Barbed-Wire Kiss: A Novel/Wallace Stroby

3 votes, 0.9%

The Fix/Keith Nixon

3 votes, 0.9%

Memoria. A Corporation of Lies/Alex Bobl

3 votes, 0.9%

In Her Shadow/August McLaughlin

2 votes, 0.6%

Quiet Ops/Bob Burton

1 vote, 0.3%

Green Power/Charles Vrooman

1 vote, 0.3%

Candlemoth/R.J. Ellory

1 vote, 0.3%

Coming Home/Roy E. Stolworthy

1 vote, 0.3%

Brass Knuckles Larry Matthews

0 votes, 0.0%

The Oligarch: A Thriller/G.W. Eccles

0 votes, 0.0%

Fallout /Karla Forbes

0 votes, 0.0%

Line in the Sand/C Isaac

0 votes, 0.0%

343 total votes

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message 4: by Christine (last edited Sep 29, 2014 02:23PM)

Sep 29, 2014 02:21PM

Jennifer i was wondering if you can autograph three of your books and they're called creep and freak and butcher for me please

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message 3: by Dustin

May 08, 2013 10:22AM

Hi, good day, Jennifer!!

I hope all's well with you and yours.:)

Thank you so much for accepting my friend request, I really do appreciate it.

Have a wonderful, productive day and week!!

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message 2: by Reese

Aug 10, 2011 02:32PM

Wow, Jennifer... how many books do you typically go through in a week? Congrats again on the first novel... looking forward to reading it soon!

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message 1: by James

Jul 28, 2011 04:33AM

Jennefer,

Thanks for the invite. I'm already a fan! I enjoyed meeting you at Thrillerfest, and your book is in my "to read" stack, waiting for a nice relaxing day at the beach (which I'm sure you'll ruin with scenes of mayhem and pyschological torture).

-- James

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