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Gillian Flynn

Autor(a) de Gone Girl

10+ Works 42,278 Membros 2,641 Críticas 93 Favorited

About the Author

Born in Kansas City, Missouri, on February 24, 1971, Gillian Flynn earned English and journalism undergraduate degrees from the University of Kansas. She wrote for a trade magazine in California before moving to Chicago, where she received a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern mostrar mais University. Flynn moved to New York City and wrote for Entertainment Weekly for 10 years. She was the magazine's television critic for four years. Her debut novel, Sharp Objects, was published in 2006 and won two Dagger Awards. Her other works include Dark Places and Gone Girl. In 2014 Gone Girl was released as a major motion picture which starred Ben Affleck. Her books have been on the New York Times bestseller list for many weeks. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras por Gillian Flynn

Gone Girl (2012) 21,956 exemplares
Sharp Objects (2006) 9,635 exemplares
Dark Places (2009) 8,486 exemplares
The Grownup (2015) 1,841 exemplares
Gone Girl [2014 film] (2014) — Screenwriter — 231 exemplares
The Complete Gillian Flynn (2013) 80 exemplares
Sharp Objects/Dark Places (2012) 42 exemplares
Hamlet Retelling 5 exemplares
Tjomnyje tainy (2014) 1 exemplar

Associated Works

Rogues (2014) — Contribuidor — 1,275 exemplares
Deep Water (1957) — Posfácio, algumas edições675 exemplares
Drivel: Deliciously Bad Writing by Your Favorite Authors (2014) — Contribuidor — 28 exemplares

Etiquetado

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Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1971-02-24
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Locais de residência
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Educação
University of Kansas (BA)
Northwestern University (MA)
Ocupações
author
television critic (Entertainment Weekly)
Prémios e menções honrosas
New Blood Dagger Award
Steel Dagger Award
Edgar Award Nominee

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Gillian Flynn was the chief TV critic for ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY and now writes full-time. Her first novel SHARP OBJECTS was the winner of two CWA DAGGERS and was shortlisted for the GOLD DAGGER. Her latest novel, GONE GIRL, is a massive No.1 bestseller. The film adaptation of GONE GIRL, directed by David Fincher and starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike, won the Hollywood Film Award 2014.

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Discussions

Gone Girls, Found em Reading Books by Women (Fevereiro 2015)
Sharp Objects em Missouri Readers (Janeiro 2015)
Gone Girl em Orange January/July (Março 2013)
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn em Missouri Readers (Fevereiro 2013)
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn: Spoiler Thread em 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (Agosto 2012)

Críticas

I read this immediately after Sharp Objects. IMO, Sharp Objects was twice as good. I found myself skimming through parts of this one because it just dragged on too much. Not an awful read, but it could have been much better.
 
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thatnerd | 413 outras críticas | Mar 2, 2024 |
Well-written but did not like the ending.
 
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Cathie_Dyer | 1,540 outras críticas | Feb 29, 2024 |
Damn I enjoyed this.
 
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unsurefooted | 1,540 outras críticas | Feb 25, 2024 |
I am not a liar of Amy's dazzling caliber, but I'm not bad when I have to be.
Amy and Nick, you crazy fucked-up kids. This novel is a lot of fun; Nick is not a brilliant character of Amy's dazzling caliber, though he's not bad. But Amy, Amy is a character who will stick with you. And I respect intelligence so, such an attractive trait. Sometimes it's hard not to admire it even when it turns sociopathic on you. But better to have it turn on someone else, of course. Best of luck, you two.… (mais)
 
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lelandleslie | 1,540 outras críticas | Feb 24, 2024 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
10
Also by
5
Membros
42,278
Popularidade
#405
Avaliação
3.8
Críticas
2,641
ISBN
380
Línguas
29
Marcado como favorito
93

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