News & Events

BOOKEXPO AMERICA
June 4-5, 2012
New York, NY
Book signing and panel.

The Book Stall
June 8, 2012, 6:30pm
Winnetka, IL

Printers Row Lit Fest
June 9, 2012
Chicago, IL

Unity Temple
June 11, 2012, 7:00 pm
Kansas City, MO
Tickets required, please purchase through Rainy Day Books.

Tattered Cover on Colfox
June 12, 2012, 7:30pm
Denver, CO

Poisoned Pen
June 13, 2012, 7pm
Scottsdale, AZ

Murder by the Book
June 14, 2012, 6:30pm
Houston, TX

The Book Cellar
June 20, 2012, 7pm
Chicago, IL

Anderson’s Bookshop
June 21, 2012, 7pm
Naperville, IL

Berwyn Public Library
July 11, 2012, 7pm
Berwyn, IL
Q&A and book signing.

Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival
July 19-22, 2012
Harrogate, England

Bookmarks Festival of Books
September 8, 2012
Winston-Salem, NC

Bouchercon World Mystery Convention
October 4-7, 2012
Cleveland, OH

Dark Places News

October 2010: Movie rights to DARK PLACES sold!
I’m thrilled to announce that the movie rights to DARK PLACES have been sold, with French director Gilles Paquet-Brenner to adapt and direct. Gilles’ most recent film is a beautiful (and harrowing and suspenseful and elegant) adaptation of Tatiana de Rosnay’s internationally bestselling novel Sarah’s Key, to be released in the United States in 2011. More news soon!

April 2010: Dark Places wins the Black Quill Award for Dark Genre Novel of the Year

September 2009: Dark Places has been shortlisted for Britain’s Ian Fleming Steel Dagger award.

May 2009: Dark Places is a New York Times Bestseller

April 2009: Dark Places named an Indie Next Selection

Dark Places in the Media

• Dark Places selected as a Great Lakes, Great Reads pick by the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association
• USA Today picks Gillian as one of this summer’s Hot Authors
• New York magazine features Dark Places on its What to Read This Summer book list
• NPR picks Dark Places as one of its “Five Best Novels of the Summer”
• Salon.com picks Dark Places as one of four novels to read this summer
• The Kansas City Star’s feature on Gillian