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Eric Rickstad

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Eric Rickstad is the New York Times and International bestselling author of the new acclaimed page-turner I AM NOT WHO YOU THINK I AM.

He also wrote The Canaan Crime Series — LIE IN WAIT, THE SILENT GIRLS, and THE NAMES OF DEAD GIRLS— as well as WHAT REMAINS OF HER. Each is a compulsively readable psychological thriller heralded as dark, disturbing, profound and heartbreaking.

His first novel REAP was a New York Times noteworthy novel.

Rickstad lives in Vermont.


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Eric Rickstad Yes. The latest Canaan Crime novel, THE NAMES OF DEAD GIRLS, continues where THE SILENT GIRLS left off. You can pre-order it today! It hits stores Sep…moreYes. The latest Canaan Crime novel, THE NAMES OF DEAD GIRLS, continues where THE SILENT GIRLS left off. You can pre-order it today! It hits stores Sept 12.(less)
Eric Rickstad Hi, There will be a sequel. Writing it now. There is a prequel, LIE IN WAIT, with Sonja Test as a lead on a murder a year prior. Not sure how many the…moreHi, There will be a sequel. Writing it now. There is a prequel, LIE IN WAIT, with Sonja Test as a lead on a murder a year prior. Not sure how many there will be, but I have several in mind! Cheers, Eric(less)
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It's been a while since I had a book out in the world.

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I have some VERY EXCITING NEWS TO SHARE, VERY SOON!

Thanks as always for reading!

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I Am Not Who You Think I Am by Eric Rickstad
"This page-turner had me guessing until the very end! Eight year old Wayland Maynard witnesses the tragedy of his father's suicide. He retrieves what he initially believes to be his father's suicide note. However, as the years pass, he begins to quest" Read more of this review »
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"Overrated drivel. This book would more accurately be described as young adult fiction, as the writing is juvenile."
I Am Not Who You Think I Am by Eric Rickstad
"I don't read many thrillers, and this book is one reason why since I. Could. Not. Put. It. Down. Read the entire thing in a day! Vivid, haunting, and wow, that ending!"
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
" On of my favorite books. Gothic, brimming with emotion and intrigue and dark alleys and strange books, unrequited love, the love of father and son, sh ...more "
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Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
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A longtime favorite.

Perhaps the best story ever told about the magic of youth and the melancholy of aging.
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"I have several books by Eric Rickstad on my TBR list, however I Am Not Who You Think I Am is the first book that I have read by him and I've got to tell you that I AM NOT DISAPPOINTED! If all of his books are like this, I think I may have just found " Read more of this review »
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I'm a big fan of Robert Macfarlane's books.

For me, this is his most engrossing and mesmerizing yet.
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Astoundingly good. A classic for a reason.
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“I do not wish to know what happened to Scout Finch. I wish her to remain forever young in my imagination, her future one of infinite possibilities.”
Eric Rickstad

“The Quiet One: invisible as an expelled breath and born halfway down the cracks through which he is destined to slip.”
Eric Rickstad, I Am Not Who You Think I Am

“He wasn’t the young man he’d once been, and he did not grieve the loss.”
Eric Rickstad, The Silent Girls

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