Megan Abbott
Autor von You Will Know Me
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Megan Abbott is an award wining author. She was born in the Detroit area and graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.A. in English Literature. Abbott went on to receive a Ph.D. in English and American Literature from New York University. Abbott's stories have appeared in Damn Near Dead: mehr anzeigen An Anthology of Geezer Noir (2006), Wall Street Noir (2007), Detroit Noir (2007), Storyglossia and Queens Noir (2007). Her nonfiction book, The Street Was Mine: White Masculinity in Hardboiled Fiction and Film Noir, was published in 2003. She is also the editor of the Edgar-nominated A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir. Megan is also the Edgar-winning author of the novels Die a Little, The Song Is You, Queenpin and Bury Me Deep. She won the Barry Award (Deadly Pleasures and Mystery News award) and has been nominated three times for the Anthony Award (Bouchercon World Mystery Convention award). Her novel, The End of Everything, cames out in 2011. She also won an International Thriller Award 2015 for her title The Fever. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
Bildnachweis: Photograph by Joshua A. Gaylord
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Books to Die For: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels (2012) 248 Exemplare
In Sunlight or In Shadow: Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper (2016) — Mitwirkender — 244 Exemplare
Between the Dark and the Daylight and 27 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year (2009) — Mitwirkender — 42 Exemplare
Read Harder: Five More Years of Great Writing from the Believer (2014) — Mitwirkender — 37 Exemplare
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- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Abbott, Megan
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Abbott, Megan E.
- Geburtstag
- 1971-08-21
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- USA
- Land (für Karte)
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Wohnorte
- New York, New York, USA
- Ausbildung
- New York University (PhD, English and American Literature)
University of Michigan (BA|English Literature) - Beziehungen
- Gaylord, Joshua (husband)
- Agent
- Paul Cirone (Aaron M. Priest Literary Agency)
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You Will Know Me in Crime, Thriller & Mystery (Juli 2017)
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"You can’t understand what it’s like until you see your child do something you could never do. No one could ever do."
The world of competitive gymnastics -- reaching the pinnacle where a spot on the Olympic team is just in sight. A dream come true, right? Or, maybe, a nightmare.
Megan Abbott creates for us a world of that typical suburban family with a not-at-all typical child. Since she was little Devon Knox has had the singular drive, determination, and focus, to make her a champion. The family has done everything to support her -- re-mortgaging the house, subordinating their own ambitions, and ignoring their other child, to make Dylan's dream come true. When tragedy strikes their gymnastics community, fingers will point, people will whisper, and no one will know who to trust.
I appreciated the tension in this book, and loved author's exploration of several themes (family sacrifice for one member's goals, female gymnast's body issues, etc.) but on the whole I wasn't enthralled. The "suspense" part of the book felt a little bit confusing, and the end was anti-climactic.
3 stars
Thank you to NetGalley and Little Brown for a galley of this book in exchange for an honest review.
… (mehr)
The world of competitive gymnastics -- reaching the pinnacle where a spot on the Olympic team is just in sight. A dream come true, right? Or, maybe, a nightmare.
Megan Abbott creates for us a world of that typical suburban family with a not-at-all typical child. Since she was little Devon Knox has had the singular drive, determination, and focus, to make her a champion. The family has done everything to support her -- re-mortgaging the house, subordinating their own ambitions, and ignoring their other child, to make Dylan's dream come true. When tragedy strikes their gymnastics community, fingers will point, people will whisper, and no one will know who to trust.
I appreciated the tension in this book, and loved author's exploration of several themes (family sacrifice for one member's goals, female gymnast's body issues, etc.) but on the whole I wasn't enthralled. The "suspense" part of the book felt a little bit confusing, and the end was anti-climactic.
3 stars
Thank you to NetGalley and Little Brown for a galley of this book in exchange for an honest review.
… (mehr)
Absorbing crime story (based on a true event in 1930's LA) with definite film noir potential but I wanted it to be finished. The supporting characters lapsed into stereotype but the story kept me reading in a nightmarish swoon.
This was a f**ked up story. There were so many things happening that are horrifically wrong. I get that this is fiction, it still felt wrong reading some of these scenes.
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*page turner from the beginning
*great character development and plot
*highly recommend