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Mary Kubica is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of many novels. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in History and American Literature. Mary lives outside of Chicago with her husband and two children.

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Hi Mary! I am a big fan of yours and I really enjoyed "The Good Girl" as well as "Pretty baby". Do you plan on writing another book after "Don't you Cry"?

Mary Kubica Yes! I'm just finishing up my fourth novel now. Though it doesn't have a title yet, it will be released in the summer of 2017. It's another thriller a…moreYes! I'm just finishing up my fourth novel now. Though it doesn't have a title yet, it will be released in the summer of 2017. It's another thriller about a young father who is killed in a car crash with his 4-year-old daughter in the backseat, completely unharmed. The crash is ruled an accident until the coming days when the little girl starts having nightmares about another car following her father and her and pushing them from the road. Was he purposefully killed? The man's widow launches an investigation to find her husband's killer.

Keep an eye on Goodreads for more information coming soon!(less)

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Hello Mary! I am a huge fan. I loved "The Good Girl" and "Pretty Baby" and i am counting down the days until "Don't You Cry"! I was wondering if you have any interesting writing quirks or routines while working on a novel?

Mary Kubica Thank you for reading The Good Girl and Pretty Baby. I'm so happy you enjoyed them! I'm an early bird, so I love getting up around 5am to write, when …moreThank you for reading The Good Girl and Pretty Baby. I'm so happy you enjoyed them! I'm an early bird, so I love getting up around 5am to write, when the house is quiet and my husband and children are still asleep. I don't have much in the way of routines, as I tend to write when I feel moved to write and don't force myself to meet a certain word count each day, or to write for a set amount of time. I find that I'm easily distracted, so write when the rest of the family is either asleep or at work/school - and though I wish I was, I'm not one of those authors who can work at the local coffee shop. I tend to hide away at home to write, usually at my kitchen table with a cat or 2 (or 4) keeping me company. I don't outline my novels in advance, but start with a problem and then dive right in - creating the characters, and figuring out logical steps to solve the problem, while throwing in some twists and turns along the way. Thanks so much for the great question. Hope you enjoy Don't You Cry!(less)

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Average rating: 3.71 · 357,229 ratings · 33,043 reviews · 24 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Good Girl 3.81 avg rating — 196,838 ratings — published 2014 — 96 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
	Pretty Baby 3.74 avg rating — 47,103 ratings — published 2015 — 64 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
	Don't You Cry 3.57 avg rating — 41,670 ratings — published 2016 — 55 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 Other Mrs. 3.72 avg rating — 32,791 ratings — published 2020 — 25 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
	Every Last Lie 3.38 avg rating — 23,958 ratings — published 2017 — 39 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
	When the Lights Go Out 3.19 avg rating — 14,410 ratings — published 2018 — 30 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
	Don't You Cry: Free Sample 3.32 avg rating — 192 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
	The Good Girl: Free Sampler 3.84 avg rating — 147 ratings — 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
	The Next Page: A Fiction Sampler for Book Clubs: The Good Girl\The Wonder of All Things\Little Mercies\Madame Picasso\The Returned\The Last Breath by Mary Kubica (Goodreads Author), Jason Mott (Goodreads Author), Heather Gudenkauf (Goodreads Author) 3.45 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Thrills & Chills: A Suspense Fiction Sample by Mary Kubica (Goodreads Author), J.T. Ellison (Goodreads Author), Anna Snoekstra (Goodreads Author) 3.58 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2016 — 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

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“I know how betrayal and disillusionment feel, when someone who could give you the world refuses even a tiny piece of it.”
― Mary Kubica, The Good Girl

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“The goal with teenagers is simply getting through it alive, with no permanent damage.”
― Mary Kubica, The Good Girl

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“The Chicago winter is harsh. But every now and then God blesses us with a thirty-or forty-degree day to remind us that misery comes and goes.”
― Mary Kubica, The Good Girl

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Polls

February BoTM Side Reads!! 1st Poll.

Top 5 books move onto the second poll!!!

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

by Gabrielle Zevin

17 votes, 21.8%

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

by Cheryl Strayed

9 votes, 11.5%

The Good Girl

by Mary Kubica

9 votes, 11.5%

Jamaica Inn

by Daphne du Maurier

7 votes, 9.0%

Still Missing

by Chevy Stevens

6 votes, 7.7%

Fourth of July Creek

by Smith Henderson

6 votes, 7.7%

The Son

by Jo Nesbø

5 votes, 6.4%

The Innocent

by David Baldacci

4 votes, 5.1%

Shanghai Girls

by Lisa See

4 votes, 5.1%

Never Let Me Go

by Kazuo Ishiguro

4 votes, 5.1%

Mean Streak

by Sandra Brown

3 votes, 3.8%

The Power of One

by Bryce Courtenay

2 votes, 2.6%

This Burns My Heart

by Samuel Park

1 vote, 1.3%

Breakfast with Buddha

by Roland Merullo

1 vote, 1.3%

78 total votes

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