The court ruled it as self-defense, but Mallory doesn’t really remember much of it, and no one else was there to tell her exactly what happened. When her boyfriend Brian broke into her house drunk, she stabbed him and left him to die. None of which turned out to be the actual way that I killed him. And I listened to him list all the ways in which I was slowly killing him. So I let him whisper in my ear and put his hands on my hips. But a thriller should be thrilling, right? Yeah, Hysteria… not so much. When I requested this book, I was pretty sure I would be getting a psychological thriller of some sort, possibly with paranormal elements.

For the second time (the first being Fracture, of course), Megan Miranda had a fantastic idea and just didn’t follow through. I don’t believe I’ve ever seen such an interesting premise so thoroughly destroyed. ^ 'Megan Miranda on Small Towns, Dark Tourism, and the Art of Slow-Burn Tension'.^ 'Megan Miranda's 'Fracture': Compelling thriller and romance is life-affirming'.^ 'Books by Megan Miranda and Complete Book Reviews'.'A Double Disappearing Act: PW Talks with Megan Miranda'.

'How do you write a captivating thriller? This author found clues in the woods'.

^ a b c d Nadworny, Elissa (July 31, 2022).

Science Grad-Turned-Mystery Writer Megan Miranda'.

^ a b c d 'A scientific approach to writing fiction'.

^ a b 'National Writers Series: Megan Miranda and Emily Henry'.

Several of her young adult novels were published by Penguin Random House and Bloomsbury Publishing. Several of Miranda's adult novels, including All the Missing Girls and The Last House Guest, were published by Simon and Schuster. She has two children and is married to Luis Miranda. Miranda lived in Davidson, North Carolina as of July 2022. Growing up, Miranda lived in New Jersey and spent time at her grandparents' house in the Poconos. Miranda reportedly uses spreadsheets to plan the plots of her novels. Īll the Missing Girls was Miranda's first novel for adults. She has since published more than a dozen other novels, including the New York Times bestsellers All the Missing Girls and The Last House Guest. In 2012, Miranda published her first novel, Fracture, about a teenager who awakens from a coma after a near-death experience and finds herself able to predict people's deaths. Miranda earned a degree in biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2002 and worked in the field of biotechnology before becoming a high school science teacher. Her novels All the Missing Girls and The Last House Guest were both New York Times bestsellers and Reese's Book Club Picks. Megan Miranda is an American author of mystery and suspense novels for young adult and adult readers.

Hysteria by megan miranda