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Megan Abbott Biography & Facts
Megan Abbott (born August 21, 1971) is an American author of crime fiction and of non-fiction analyses of hardboiled crime fiction. Her novels and short stories have drawn from and re-worked classic subgenres of crime writing from a female perspective. She is also an American writer and producer of television. Biography Growing up, Abbott was greatly intrigued by the 1930 and 1940s movies she saw at a movie theater in Grosse Pointe. She believes that watching these films as a child gave her her lifelong interest in crime fiction. Abbott graduated from the University of Michigan. She received her Ph.D. in English and American literature from New York University, and has taught at NYU, the State University of New York and New School University. In 2013 and 2014, she served as the John Grisham Writer in Residence at the University of Mississippi. In 2002, Abbott published her first book, The Street Was Mine: White Masculinity in Hardboiled Fiction and Film Noir, which The Paris Review described as "a prescient work of critical theory." In it, Abbott challenges the archetypes of the "tough guy" and "femme fatale" common to noir literature. Three years later, Abbott published Die a Little, the first of several novels presenting woman-centered takes on traditional noir tropes. Set in midcentury Los Angeles, the story centered on Lora King, a schoolteacher whose brother Bill falls in love with Alice Steele, a former costumer for the film industry. Suspicious of Alice's motives and jealous of her hold over Bill, Lora sets out to investigate Alice's background, only to find herself pulled into the dark side of Hollywood. Kirkus Reviews reviewed the book favorably. In addition to literature, Abbott has written for major journals and newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times. She also writes a blog with novelist Sara Gran. Abbott was a screenwriter for The Deuce, an HBO show that premiered in 2017 and deals with pornography and the Mafia in New York in the 1970s and beyond. In 2019, she adapted her bestselling novel Dare Me into a TV series on USA Network. She served as co-showrunner on the series, along with Gina Fattore. Influences Abbott was influenced by film noir, classic noir fiction, and Jeffrey Eugenides's novel The Virgin Suicides. Two of her novels make reference to notorious crimes. The Song Is You (2007) is based around the disappearance of Jean Spangler in 1949, and Bury Me Deep (2009) on the 1931 case of Winnie Ruth Judd, dubbed "the Trunk Murderess". Reception and awards Abbott has won the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award for outstanding fiction. Time named her one of the "23 Authors That We Admire" in 2011. Publishers Weekly gave her 2011 novel The End of Everything a starred review. Awards Publications As editor A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir (2007). ISBN 978-0979270994 Non-fiction The Street Was Mine: White Masculinity in Hardboiled fiction and Film Noir (2002). ISBN 0-312-29481-6 Novels Die a Little (2005). ISBN 978-0743261708 The Song Is You (2007). ISBN 978-0743291712 Queenpin (2007). ISBN 978-1416534280 Bury Me Deep (2009). ISBN 978-1416599098 The End of Everything (2011). ISBN 978-0316097796 Dare Me (2012). ISBN 978-0316097772 The Fever (2014). ISBN 978-0316231053 You Will Know Me (2016) ISBN 978-0316231077 Give Me Your Hand (2018). ISBN 978-1509855681 The Turnout (Summer 2021) ISBN 978-0593084908 Beware the Woman (2023). ISBN 9780593084939 Short stories "Oxford Girl" (2016). Appeared in Mississippi Noir. "Girlie Show" (2016). Appeared in In Sunlight or in Shadow: Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper. "Little Men" (2015). Appeared in The Best American Mystery Stories 2016. "My Heart Is Either Broken" (2013). Appeared in Dangerous Women. Filmography Television References External links Megan Abbott's website Megan Abbott at IMDb Short statement on why she thinks LA is so associated with noir. Interview. Discover the Megan Abbott popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Megan Abbott books.
Best Seller Megan Abbott Books of 2024
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Heart Song
V.C. AndrewsFrom #1 bestselling author V.C. Andrews (Flowers in the Attic, My Sweet Audrina) comes the second book in the captivating Logan series...Melody Logan was as alone as a solitary gul...
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Family Storms
V.C. AndrewsThe first in a new series by New York Times bestselling author V.C. Andrews is a classic story featuring the dark side of jealousyand the cruelty of deception.In the eye of the sto...
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Melody
V.C. AndrewsMelody Logan knew her beautiful mother, Haille, was unhappy in their hardscrabble mining town...But with her wonderful father's unwavering love, Melody always felt safeuntil a drea...
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Broken Glass
V.C. AndrewsThis second gothic novel in the dark Mirror Sisters trilogy continues the tale of sisterly love at its absolute worstfrom the legendary New York Times bestselling author of Flowers...
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Whitefern
V.C. AndrewsThe longawaited sequel to My Sweet Audrina, one of V.C. Andrews’s strangest, most beloved booksand now a Lifetime movie! Whitefern swallowed Audrina’s childhoodand now the sprawlin...
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Never Tell
Alafair BurkeThis addictive thriller from New York Times bestselling author Alafair Burke draws its details from the author’s own experiences as a criminal law professor and deputy district att...
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The Turnout
Megan Abbott"Impossible to put down, creepy and claustrophobic. It’s ‘Whatever Happened to Baby Jane’ in ballet shoes." Stephen KingBest Book of the YearNPR Wall Street Journal Boston Globe ...
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Behind Every Lie
Christina McDonaldFrom the USA TODAY bestselling author of Do No Harm and The Night Olivia Fellan “emotionally charged mystery” (Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author)comes a thrilling new ...
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House of Secrets
V.C. AndrewsFrom the New York Times bestselling author and literary phenomenon V.C. Andrews (Flowers in the Attic, My Sweet Audrina) comes a shivery gothic tale of romance, class divisions, an...
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The Wife
Alafair Burke“This might be the most gripping, insightful work from the bestselling author Alafair Burke yet. She poses a seemingly impossible, if undeniably compelling, challenge: a woman must...
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Dawn
V.C. AndrewsFrom #1 bestselling author V.C. Andrews (Flowers in the Attic, My Sweet Audrina) the first book in the captivating Cutler seriessoon to be a Lifetime limited series!In her fine new...
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Forbidden Sister
V.C. AndrewsFrom bestselling author V.C. Andrews comes a story of a young woman in search of her older sisterand the dark truth that threatens to tear her family apart.Emmie Wilcox was only si...
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The Swap
Robyn HardingIn this riveting tale that “will keep you on your toes until the very end” (HelloGiggles), two couples embark on a toxic relationship after a night of sexual shenanigans, unaware o...
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Daughter of Darkness
V.C. AndrewsDangerously enticing and deliriously intoxicating, V.C. Andrews's Daughter of Darkness will leave readers thirsting for more.Beloved bestselling author V.C. Andrews’s passion for v...
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Luckiest Girl Alive
Jessica KnollNOW A NETFLIX FILM STARRING MILA KUNIS Fans of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train will thrill at this “perfect pageturner” (People)that Reese Witherspoon describes as “one of thos...
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Daughter of Light
V.C. AndrewsThe thrilling sequel to Daughter of Darkness featuring a young woman who runs to a new life away from the vampire world she grew up inbut escape is not as easy as it sounds….In thi...
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All the Missing Girls
Megan MirandaA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A New York Times Book Review “Editors’ Choice” Entertainment Weekly Thriller RoundUp The Wall Street Journal 5 Killer Books Hollywood Reporter Hot S...
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Shattered Memories
V.C. AndrewsIn this finale of the darkly gothic Mirror Sisters trilogy, one twin fears her reunion with sister dearestfrom the legendary New York Times bestselling author of Flowers in the Att...
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Beneath the Attic
V.C. Andrews“I will probably be clutching Flowers in the Attic…on my deathbed.” Gillian Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Gone GirlForbidden passions have shaped and haunted the D...
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Tarnished Gold
V.C. AndrewsFrom bestselling author V.C. Andrews comes the prequel to the Landry series! Growing up in Louisiana, Gabriel’s young life is a happy one, despite the growing rift between her moth...
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Dangerous Women
George R.R. Martin & Gardner DozoisThe World Fantasy Awardwinning collection of stories featuring the best and the bravest females across genre fiction.All new and original to this volume, the 21 stories in Dangerou...
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The Mirror Sisters
V.C. AndrewsFrom the legendary New York Times bestselling author of Flowers in the Attic and My Sweet Audrina (now Lifetime movies) comes the first book in a new series featuring identical twi...
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Corliss
V.C. AndrewsBook One of the Girls of Spindrift. From the New York Times bestselling author of the Flowers in the Attic and My Sweet Audrina series, now Lifetime movies, here begins a haunting ...
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Cloudburst
V.C. AndrewsThe followup to Family Storms, this book follows Sasha Porter, now a senior in high school, as new troubles unfold with her foster family.Since being taken in by wealthy Mrs. Jorda...
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The Ex
Alafair Burke“Superb…. Equal measures superlative mystery and crack courtroom thriller reminiscent of the great John Lescroart or the William Diehl classic "Primal Fear.” We literally never kno...
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Seeds of Yesterday
V.C. AndrewsNow a major Lifetime movie eventBook Four of the Dollanganger series that began with Flowers in the Atticthe novel of forbidden love that captured the world’s imagination and earne...
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The Heavenstone Secrets
V.C. AndrewsSECRETS ARE AT HOME HERE . . . The Heavenstone sisters live with their mother and father in a grand old mansion in bluegrass Kentucky. Semantha, the younger and prettier one, is af...
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Out of the Attic
V.C. Andrews“I will probably be clutching Flowers in the Attic in my gnarled hands on my deathbed.” GILLIAN FLYNN, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Sharp ObjectsThe twisted, beloved Dol...
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Fallen Hearts
V.C. AndrewsNow a major Lifetime movie eventthe classic story of the Casteel family saga continues with this third installment. Proud and beautiful, Heaven came back to the hillsto rise at las...
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The Favorite Sister
Jessica KnollFrom the author of Luckiest Girl Alivenow a Netflix filmcomes the “engrossing” (People) New York Times bestseller starring two sisters who join the cast of a reality TV series…and ...
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Second Life
S. J. WatsonFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Before I Go to Sleep, a sensational new psychological thriller about a woman with a secret identity that threatens to destroy her.How ...
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The Better Sister
Alafair BurkeA Washington Post and Sun Sentinel Best Book of the Year“One hell of a riproaring read.” Seattle Review of Books“Cunning. . . . Get ready to be led down the garden path to a c...
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The Other Side of Everything
Lauren Doyle OwensLaura Lippman meets Megan Abbott in this suspenseful mystery debut set in the aftermath of a violent crimefor “fans of crime fiction wanting literary flair and emotional depth” (Pu...
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All That Glitters
V.C. AndrewsOne of the most popular storytellers of all time, V.C. Andrews (Flowers in the Attic, My Sweet Audrina) continues an astonishing saga of psychological suspense with this third book...
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Mirrorland
Carole Johnstone“Unnerving.” People “Unsettling...unlocks its mysteries slowly.” The New York Times Book Review “A dark, twisty, and richly atmospheric exploration of the power of imagination” Rut...
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Rain
V.C. AndrewsRain already knows how hard life can be, but she is about to discover a shattering secret from the past that will change her future forever...Growing up in the ghettos of Washingto...
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Into the Darkness
V.C. AndrewsBestselling author V.C. Andrews portrays her most romantic couple in this twisting tale of desire and obsession, reality and dreams...As lovely as one of the precious gems at her p...
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Capturing Angels
V.C. AndrewsV.C. Andrews, queen of Gothic fiction for twentyfive years, explores a new genre in her women’s fiction debutavailable exclusively as an eBook. A young mother struggles to keep her...
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Five Decembers
James KestrelWinner of the 2022 Edgar Award for Best Novel “War, imprisonment, torture, romance…The novel has an almost operatic symmetry, and Kestrel turns a beautiful phrase.”New York T...
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The Perfect Stranger
Megan MirandaFrom the author of the New York Times bestseller All the Missing Girlsthe gripping story of a journalist who sets out to find her missing friend, a friend who may never have existe...
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Dark Angel
V.C. AndrewsA young woman struggles with her past and a future thrust upon her with threats coming from the past and now the present. Does she have the strength to withstand and grow? From #1 ...
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Pearl in the Mist
V.C. AndrewsOne of the most popular storytellers of all time, V.C. Andrews (Flowers in the Attic, My Sweet Audrina) continues an engrossing saga of psychological suspense with this second book...
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The Forbidden Heart
V.C. AndrewsThe Forbidden series continues in this thrilling enovella, as Emmie must reinvent herself in Paris after her older sister, a highpriced escort, suddenly disappears.Emmie risked eve...
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Gates of Paradise
V.C. AndrewsNow a major Lifetime movie event, from New York Times bestselling author and literary phenomenon V.C. Andrews (Flowers in the Attic, My Sweet Audrina) comes the fourth installment ...
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The Last House Guest
Megan MirandaA Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick and New York Times bestsellerA year after a summer guest dies under suspicious circumstances, her best friend lives under a clou...
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Ruby
V.C. AndrewsAn innocent bayou girl lost to New Orleans. One of the most popular storytellers of all time, V.C. Andrews (Flowers in the Attic, My Sweet Audrina) layers psychological suspense wi...