Gillian Flynn is the author of the runaway hit Gone Girl, an international sensation that spent more than 75 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Flynn’s previous novels, Dark Places and Dagger Award winner Sharp Objects, were also Times bestsellers, and her work has been published in 40 languages. The 2014 film adaptation of Gone Girl, directed by David Fincher and starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike, was nominated for several awards, including an Oscar and a BAFTA. The HBO adaptation of Sharp Objects, starring Amy Adams and Patricia Clarkson, was released in 2018 to immense acclaim, launching Flynn’s work back onto the New York Times bestseller list. She also co-wrote, with Academy Award– winning director Steve McQueen, the 2018 thriller Widows, which starred Viola Davis and Liam Neeson. Flynn lives in Chicago with her husband and son.