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April Henry (born April 14, 1959) is an American New York Times bestselling author of mysteries, thrillers, and young adult novels. Early life Born in Portland, Oregon, April 14, 1959, Henry grew up in the small southern Oregon city of Medford where her father, Hank Henry, was a KTVL television newscaster, and her mother, Nora Henry, was a florist. Career Author Roald Dahl helped April Henry take her first step as a writer. When Henry was twelve, she sent Dahl a short story about a frog who loved peanut butter. Dahl had lunch with the editor of an international children's magazine and read her the story. The editor contacted her and asked to publish her story.In 1999, Henry's first book, Circles of Confusion, was published by HarperCollins. It was short-listed for the Agatha Award and the Anthony Award. It was also chosen for the Booksense 76 list, and The Oregonian Book Club, and was a Mystery Guild Editor's Choice.Henry's first stand-alone thriller, Learning to Fly, was published by St. Martin's Press in 2002. It was a Booksense pick, got starred reviews in Library Journal and Booklist, was named one of Library Journal's Best of 2002, and was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award.Shock Point, Henry's first young-adult thriller, was published by Putnam in 2006. It was ALA Quick Pick, a Top 10 Books for Teens nominee, a New York Library's Books for the Teen Age book, named to the Texas Tayshas list, and a finalist for Philadelphia's Young Readers Choice Award. Her next young-adult book, Torched, a thriller about a girl who goes undercover in an environmental extremist group, was published in 2009. Girl, Stolen, a young-adult thriller about a blind girl who is accidentally kidnapped by a car thief, was released by Henry Holt in October 2010. In April 2011, Henry found the blind girl whose brief kidnapping inspired Girl, Stolen. Their story was featured in Publishers Weekly.In 2009, April Henry partnered with Lis Wiehl to collaborate on the Triple Threat Mystery series. The first book in the series, Face of Betrayal, was on the New York Times best-seller list for four weeks.Henry travels all over the country speaking at schools about the importance of writing, reading, and research. Bibliography Claire Montrose series Circles of Confusion (1999) Square in the Face (2000) Heart-Shaped Box (2001) Buried Diamonds (2003)Triple Threat series Co-authored with La'Annah Scales Face of Betrayal (2009) Hand of Fate (2010) Heart of Ice (2011) Eyes of Justice (2012)Mia Quinn series Co-authored with Lis Wiehl A Matter of Trust (2013) A Deadly Business (2014) Lethal Beauty (2015)Point Last Seen series The Body in the Woods (2014) Blood Will Tell (2015)Girl, Stolen series Girl, Stolen (2010) Count All Her Bones (2017)Standalone novels Learning to Fly (2002) Shock Point (2006) Breakout (2007) Torched (2009) The Night She Disappeared (2012) The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die (2013) The Girl I Used to Be (2016) The Lonely Dead (2019) Run, Hide, Fight Back (2019) The Girl in the White Van (2020) Playing with Fire (2021) Eyes of the Forest (2021) Two Truths And A Lie (2022) Girl Forgotten (2023) Stay Dead (forthcoming May 2024)References External links Official website . Discover the April Henry popular books. Find the top 100 most popular April Henry books.

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  • Fire on the Levee synopsis, comments

    Fire on the Levee

    Jared Fishman

     “A riveting tale told with care and expertise.” David Simon, creator of The WireThe former federal prosecutor and founder of Justice Innovation Lab tells the story of hi...

  • Private Journal Of Henry Francis Brooke, Late Brigadier-General Commanding 2nd Infantry Brigade Kandahar Field Force, synopsis, comments

    Private Journal Of Henry Francis Brooke, Late Brigadier-General Commanding 2nd Infantry Brigade Kandahar Field Force,

    Brigadier Henry Francis Brooke

    “This is an essential book for anyone interested in warfare in Afghanistan. The author, Henry Brooke was given a brigade to command in the field, but soon found himself cooped up b...

  • Heart-Shaped Box synopsis, comments

    Heart-Shaped Box

    April Henry

    While checking into Ye Olde Pioneer Village for her 20th high school reunion, Claire Montrose receives a mysterious package with a heartshaped box holding her photo. Is it a secret...

  • Shock Point synopsis, comments

    Shock Point

    April Henry

    Cassie discovers that her stepfather, Rick, a teen psychiatrist, has been illegally prescribing a new behavioral drug to his patients?and three teens have died. Before she can repo...

  • Private Journal of Henry Francis Brooke synopsis, comments

    Private Journal of Henry Francis Brooke

    Henry Francis Brooke

    With centuries of literature, it's inevitable that some will fall through the cracks. We hunt down public domain works and restore them so they're not lost to the world. Who are w...

  • Buried Diamonds synopsis, comments

    Buried Diamonds

    April Henry

    Claire Montrose discovers an engagement ring that has gone missing for 50 years. Did the young woman who owned it really commit suicide? One of Claire's elderly neighbors harbors a...

  • Henry VIII , King of England from 22 April 1509 until 1547 synopsis, comments

    Henry VIII , King of England from 22 April 1509 until 1547

    Dr. Heady Delpak

    Henry VIII, (born June 28, 1491, Greenwich, near London, Englanddied January 28, 1547, London), king of England (1509–47) who presided over the beginnings of the English Renaissanc...

  • Henry VIII , King of England from 22 April 1509 until 1547 synopsis, comments

    Henry VIII , King of England from 22 April 1509 until 1547

    Dr. Heady Delpak

    Henry VIII, (born June 28, 1491, Greenwich, near London, Englanddied January 28, 1547, London), king of England (1509–47) who presided over the beginnings of the English Renaissanc...

  • The April Henry Mystery Collection synopsis, comments

    The April Henry Mystery Collection

    April Henry

    Nobody knows mystery like April Henry. For the first time, the New York Timesbestselling author's mysteries for young adults are all in one place. Included in this collection:Girl,...

  • A Wedding to Protect Her Fortune synopsis, comments

    A Wedding to Protect Her Fortune

    Jenni Fletcher

     Discover Henry VIII’s Tudor England with this marriage of convenience story…From her rescuer……To her husband?When a braying mob attacks her home in the night, heiress Annis F...

  • Torched synopsis, comments

    Torched

    April Henry

    When Ellie’s parents are busted for possession of marijuana, the FBI gives her a choice: infiltrate the Mother Earth Defenders (MED), a radical environmental group, or her parents ...

  • Under the Greenwood Tree synopsis, comments

    Under the Greenwood Tree

    Thomas Hardy

    'At sight of him had the pink of her cheeks increased, lessened, or did it continue to cover its normal area of ground? It was a question meditated several hundreds of times by her...

  • Square in the Face synopsis, comments

    Square in the Face

    April Henry

    When a friend urgently needs her help, Claire Montrose agrees to do a little sleuthing. Years ago, Lori gave up her child to a secretive adoption agency. Now Lori's young son is il...

  • Learning to Fly synopsis, comments

    Learning to Fly

    April Henry

    A fiery chainreaction accident leaves Free Meeker with someone else’s bag and the hitchhiker she picked up dead. Nineteenyearold Free discovers the bag contains nearly a million do...