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Jennifer Hillier

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Mystery & Thrillers, Suspense, Thriller

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Jennifer Hillier imagines the worst about people, and then writes about it.

She’s the USA Today, Toronto Star, and The Globe and Mail bestselling author of Things We Do in the Dark, described as “an intoxicating thrill ride” by the New York Times and “propulsive and chilling” by People magazine. It was a Book of the Month Club selection, an Indigo Top Ten Best Book of the Year, an Amazon Editor’s Spotlight Pick, a Goodreads Choice Award nominee, a Loan Stars pick, and a her third consecutive novel to be honored as a LibraryReads pick, which places her in their Hall of Fame.

Jennifer is also the author of six other psychological thrillers. Her USA Today bestselling novel Little Secrets is currently being adapted for Peacock by Tish Cyrus’s Ho Jennifer Hillier imagines the worst about people, and then writes about it.

She’s the USA Today, Toronto Star, and The Globe and Mail bestselling author of Things We Do in the Dark, described as “an intoxicating thrill ride” by the New York Times and “propulsive and chilling” by People magazine. It was a Book of the Month Club selection, an Indigo Top Ten Best Book of the Year, an Amazon Editor’s Spotlight Pick, a Goodreads Choice Award nominee, a Loan Stars pick, and a her third consecutive novel to be honored as a LibraryReads pick, which places her in their Hall of Fame.

Jennifer is also the author of six other psychological thrillers. Her USA Today bestselling novel Little Secrets is currently being adapted for Peacock by Tish Cyrus’s Hopetown Entertainment, writer Melissa Scrivner Love and Universal Television, and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Anthony Award. Jar of Hearts won the ITW Thriller Award for Best Hardcover Novel and was also shortlisted for the Anthony and Macavity Awards. Her earlier novels are Creep, Freak, The Butcher, and Wonderland, the last of which will be published in mass market paperback and audiobook for the very first time in April 2023. Her books have been published in twenty-three languages so far.

Jennifer is Filipino-Canadian, born and raised in Toronto. She spent eight amazing years in Seattle which is where she first became a published writer. She’s a Seahawks fan who married to a Packers guy. They have a young son who looks most like her when he’s crying. She’s afraid of the dark and can’t sleep unless she’s checked the locks on the doors several times. She loves writing when it’s raining, sleeping when it’s sunny, and reading after everyone else has gone to bed. She cherishes her family (those who read, and those who don’t), and her friends (those who write, and those who don’t). She’s a cat person without a cat, which makes her sad. But she’s now back in the Toronto area permanently with her family, which makes her happy.

Her next novel is coming in 2024.
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Average rating: 4.1 · 463,952 ratings · 45,791 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	Little Secrets 4.22 avg rating — 151,063 ratings — published 2020 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jar of Hearts 4.13 avg rating — 136,720 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Things We Do in the Dark 3.95 avg rating — 105,434 ratings — published 2022 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Creep (Creep, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 23,161 ratings — published 2011 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wonderland 4.07 avg rating — 20,780 ratings — published 2015 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Butcher 4.08 avg rating — 14,324 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Freak (Creep, #2) 3.90 avg rating — 12,319 ratings — published 2012 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Minotaur Sampler, Volume 5: New Books to Make Your Heart Race by Nora Murphy (Goodreads Author), Ragnar Jónasson (Goodreads Author), Katharine Schellman (Goodreads Author) 4.51 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Night of the Flood by E.A. Aymar (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sarah M. Chen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rob Brunet (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dark Side: A Collection of Mysteries & Thrillers by Kathy Reichs (Goodreads Author), Kathy Reichs (Goodreads Author), Brad Smith 3.28 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You know what it’s like having a child? ... It’s like your heart walking out the door on two legs, vulnerable and unprotected. It’s scary as hell.”
― Jennifer Hillier, Little Secrets

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“Living a life that isn’t meant for you is its own version of hell.”
― Jennifer Hillier, Jar of Hearts

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“In every story, there’s a hero and villain. Sometimes one person can be both.”
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September 2022 Poll

We ask that you only vote if you are planning on participating in our discussion should your choice win.

Which selection would you like to read in September?

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

37 votes, 20.2%

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

35 votes, 19.1%

Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier

31 votes, 16.9%

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley - this selection not yet available in paperback in the UK

24 votes, 13.1%

Misery by Stephen King

20 votes, 10.9%

The Couple at No. 9 by Claire Douglas

15 votes, 8.2%

The Couple At Table Six by Daniel Hurst

10 votes, 5.5%

The Girl Who Left by Jenny Blackhurst

5 votes, 2.7%

Paper Girls by Alex Smith

4 votes, 2.2%

The Moment of Menace: The Future Looks Glorious...Unless We All Die First by Joe Rothstein

2 votes, 1.1%

The Roads Chosen by Ben Carlyle

0 votes, 0.0%

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