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Jennifer Hillier

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in Toronto, Canada

Website

http://www.jenniferhillierbooks.com

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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 · 727,488 ratings · 66,601 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors

	Little Secrets 4.21 avg rating — 209,219 ratings — published 2020 — 32 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 — 206,433 ratings — published 2018 — 43 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 — 134,956 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 — 73,229 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 — 40,123 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 — 40,974 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 — 22,368 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 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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Wonderland (1 book)
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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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March 2025 Group Read Poll

Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

54 votes 17.8%

All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

51 votes 16.8%

Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena

49 votes 16.2%

Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier

35 votes 11.6%

Towards Zero by Agatha Christie

26 votes 8.6%

Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene

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The Examiner by Janice Hallett

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A Calamity of Souls by David Baldacci

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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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