“and writing something really dark and toxic – he doesn”
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Gillian Flynn
Gillian Schieber Flynn is an American author, screenwriter, and producer, best known for her thriller and mystery novels Sharp Objects (2006), Dark Places (2009), and Gone Girl (2012). Her works have been published in 40 languages, and by 2016, Gone Girl had sold over 15 million copies worldwide.
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culture · American writer (born 1971) · journalist · television critic · novelist · writer · comics writer · film critic · film screenwriter · crime fiction writer · also Gillian Flynn, Gillian Schieber Flynn, Flynn
Born 24 February 1971 · Q311755
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2026· 4 entries
“I see everything really clearly. That”
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“s just a case of keeping herself interested. Her first reader is always her husband, a lawyer: they met at college but only got together after she returned to Chicago in her mid-30s. His opinion has turned around projects that were destined to fail. Libby, for example, started out in Dark Places as a nice, sunny girl with lots of friends.”
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“the number of mystery and horror writers I”
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2025· 1 entry
It was shared that Flynn started work on an upcoming HBO limited series adapting Dark Places
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2021· 1 entry
Flynn was appointed to lead a new book imprint – Gillian Flynn Books – for the independent publisher Zando
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2020· 2 entries
The Guardian: Panic on pandemic planet: Gillian Flynn on her reboot of cult TV thriller Utopia
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“s showrunner. Utopia premiered on Prime Video on September 25, 2020, drawing mixed reviews. The series was canceled in November 2020 after one season. In 2025 it was shared that Flynn started work on an upcoming HBO limited series adapting Dark Places. Film Flynn wrote the screenplay for the 2014 film adaptation of Gone Girl, directed by David Fincher, for which she won the Critics”
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2019· 2 entries
The Guardian: 'It sickens me': Gillian Flynn slams Gone Girl theory in missing woman case
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The Guardian: From Agatha Christie to Gillian Flynn: 50 great thrillers by women
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2018· 1 entry
The Guardian: Gillian Flynn: ‘Agatha Christie blew my mind. Every character was evil’
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2014· 1 entry
It was announced that Flynn would write the scripts for an HBO adaptation of the British series Utopia
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2007· 3 entries
Awarded CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Sharp Objects (2007).
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Awarded CWA New Blood Dagger for Sharp Objects (2007).
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When she was 36, having met him during graduate school at Northwestern
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1998· 1 entry
As a feature writer, eventually becoming a television critic
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1989· 1 entry
And went on to earn undergraduate degrees in English and journalism from the University of Kansas
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1971· 1 entry
Born 1971-02-24.
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