Gillian Flynn Combo (Sharp Objects + Gone Girl)

Gillian Flynn is an American author and television critic for Entertainment Weekly. She has so far written three novels: Sharp Objects, for which she won the 2007 Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for the best thriller, Dark Places, and her best-selling third novel, Gone Girl.

Her book has received wide praise, including from authors such as Stephen King. The dark plot revolves around a serial killer in a Missouri town, and the reporter who has returned from Chicago to cover the event. Themes include dysfunctional families, violence and self-harm.

In 2007, the novel was shortlisted for the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Writer, the Crime Writers’ Association Duncan Lawrie Dagger, and the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, winning in the last two categories.

Flynn, who lives in Chicago, grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. She graduated from the University of Kansas and qualified for a Master’s degree from Northwestern University.

Review Quotes:
“Gillian Flynn is the real deal, a sharp, acerbic, and compelling storyteller with a knack for the macabre.”
–Stephen King