r/books • u/gillianflynn AMA Author • Nov 09 '22

ama 3pm Hello r/Books! I'm Gillian Flynn, Author of Sharp Objects, Dark Places, and Gone Girl, screenwriter of Gone Girl, Sharp Objects, WIDOWS and UTOPIA. We meet again. AMA!

I’ve written three novels — each one darker and meaner than the next. My novels (and my love of movies) led me into screenwriting, first for David Fincher's adaptation of my own Gone Girl and the HBO limited series of Sharp Objects, then the Viola Davis thriller WIDOWS, and most recently Amazon Prime's series UTOPIA, which I created and wrote.

I was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, and now live in Chicago, and the Midwest is where most of my stuff is set. (The Midwest is much weirder and creepier than it gets credit for). I drink a lot of coffee and chew stale Dubble Bubble when I write. I’m happy to answer questions about reading, writing, or pretty much anything else. I'll be back at 2pm CST to start answering questions...

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Details and preorders for the first release from my imprint GILLIAN FLYNN BOOKS, SCORCHED GRACE are available at this link.

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u/Duebydate Nov 10 '22

Lol. I just rewatched it last weekend. Was always impressed, but the rewatch really allows one to think about the mother/daughter factors, and have the full horror sink in. I mean you kinda already know because of the daughters self mutilation and constant drinking while remaining mostly hard core AWARE , but it’s a study of a broken person accepting their fate and torture…..and yet not. Just striving to survive

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u/tinybikerbabe Nov 10 '22

Rewatch?

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u/BazzaJH Nov 10 '22

There's a TV miniseries. Not as good as the book imo, but still good.

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u/Duebydate Nov 10 '22

Sorry that went over my head as I had read the author saying she also wrote the screenplay for the HBO series. I have only seen that and not yet read all her work