The latest news and comment on author Gillian Flynn
April 2024
Five of the best
Five of the best psychological thrillers by women
These electrifying novels that dig into the peculiar, dark depths of the human psyche will have you questioning who to trust
September 2020
Panic on pandemic planet: Gillian Flynn on her reboot of cult TV thriller Utopia
The Gone Girl author has given the Channel 4 series a gritty and timely revamp. We visit its set in Chicago to talk conspiracy theories, viruses and vaccines with Flynn and the show’s leading man John Cusack
March 2020
Making a killing: what can novels teach us about getting away with murder?
From Agatha Christie to Gillian Flynn, readers love an untraceable method or a villain who wins. Author Peter Swanson says there are eight examples of the perfect murder
December 2019
From The Big Short to Normal People: the books that defined the decade
It began with the fallout from the global financial meltdown and ended with two women sharing the Booker. Which titles shaped the last 10 years?
September 2019
Best culture of the 21st century
The 100 best books of the 21st century
Dazzling debut novels, searing polemics, the history of humanity and trailblazing memoirs ... Read our pick of the best books since 2000
July 2019
'It sickens me': Gillian Flynn slams Gone Girl theory in missing woman case
Lawyer for Jennifer Dulos’s husband is exploring whether her disappearance is a ‘Gone Girl-type case’, provoking fury of author behind book
May 2019
Top 10s
Top 10 books about angry women
From Agatha Christie to Gillian Flynn: 50 great thrillers by women
April 2019
Top 10s
Top 10 thrillers about siblings
The complex knots of love and rivalry that bind sisters and brothers also provide perfect plots for novelists from Gillian Flynn to Ian McEwan
December 2018
2018 in TV
The 50 best TV shows of 2018: No 10 – Sharp Objects
A career-best Amy Adams was the ace in Jean-Marc Vallée’s almost deliberately inaccessible follow-up to Big Little Lies
September 2018
Further reading
Amanda Craig picks the best books about modern married life
From The Wife to Gone Girl, the novelist shares her favourite depictions of happy (and unhappy) couples in fiction, plus two insightful true accounts
August 2018
Sharp Objects: episode by episode
Sharp Objects recap: season one finale – Milk
Much like the series itself, the episode that wrapped up the Wind Gap case was deeply satisfying, fantastically gothic and joyfully over the top
July 2018
Gillian Flynn should carry on creating ‘bad women’ – they’re saving TV
Rebecca Nicholson
Pent-up emotions: how Flowers in the Attic inspired today’s female writers
Deep cuts: how Sharp Objects offers up a radically dark view of women
Books that made me
Gillian Flynn: ‘Agatha Christie blew my mind. Every character was evil’
April 2018
Top 10s
Top 10 books about miscarriages of justice
From the Central Park Five to little Briony’s destructive decision in Atonement, here are some of the most affecting real and fictional tales of injustice
With Gail Honeyman and Joanna Cannon on the Women’s prize for fiction longlist, uplifting stories about kindness and community are proving a hit on bestseller lists
August 2017
Top 10s
Top 10 twists in fiction
Court dramas, classic mysteries and bloody crimes ... from Du Maurier to Lehane, Sophie Hannah chooses her favourite twists in novels (or does she?)
April 2017
Books blog
From Atwood's assault to Pynchon's paper bag: the best author cameos
The Handmaid’s Tale author’s appearance in the TV version of her novel is only the latest in a surprisingly illustrious roll call of bookish bit parts
