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Gillian Flynn is the bestselling author of three novels, including the international phenomenon Gone Girl. Her first novel, Sharp Objects, was the winner of two CWA Daggers and was shortlisted for the Gold Dagger, and her second, Dark Places, was adapted into a film starring Charlize Theron. Gone Girl was a massive No.1 bestseller, with over 15 million sales worldwideand was made into a critically-acclaimed, smash-hit film by David Fincher, starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike. The screenplay was written by Gillian Flynn and was nominated for a Golden Globe and a Bafta. Her short story, 'The Grownup', won the Edgar Award for Best Short Story in 2015. Gillian also served as writer and executive producer for the television series of Sharp Objects, starring Amy Adams and directed by Jean-Marc Vallée.<b>GONE GIRL builds on the extraordinary achievements of Gillian Flynn's first two books</b> and delivers the reader into the claustrophobic world of a failing marriage. We all know the story, right? Beautiful wife disappears; husband doesn't seem as distraught as he should be under the circumstances. But Flynn takes this sturdy trope of the 24-hour news cycle and turns it inside out, providing a devastating portrait of a marriage and a timely, cautionary tale about an age in which everyone's dreams seem to be imploding - Laura Lippman on GONE GIRL<p></p>GONE GIRL is <b>one of the best and most frightening portraits of psychopathy I've ever read</b>. Nick and Amy manipulate each other with savage, merciless and often darkly witty dexterity. This is a <b>wonderful and terrifying</b> book about how the happy surface normality and the underlying darkness can become too closely interwoven to separate - Tana French, New York Times bestselling author of Faithful Place and Into the Woods on GONE GIRL<p></p>Gillian Flynn's GONE GIRL reminds me of Patricia Highsmith at the top of her game... With GONE GIRL, she's placed herself at the top of the short list of authors who have <b>mastered the art of crafting a tense story with terrifyingly believable characters</b> - Karin Slaughter on GONE GIRL<p></p><b>Gillian Flynn is the real deal</b>, a sharp, acerbic, and compelling storyteller with a knack for the macabre<p></p>Relentless, often creepy, but never less than real, this stylish and gripping tale <b>will give you the shivers</b> - GUARDIAN on SHARP OBJECTS<p></p>[A] <b>sinister and stylish</b> psychological drama...Flynn brilliantly depicts the lurking malice and secrets of a small community - DAILY MAIL on SHARP OBECJTS