
Lucinda Berry is a USA TODAY bestselling novelist whose psychological thrillers draw on her background as a former psychologist and childhood-trauma researcher. Known for The Perfect Child, Saving Noah, and When She Returned, she has reached millions of readers worldwide; her books have also been translated into multiple languages and optioned for film. ((https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Lucinda-Berry/204779618?utm_source=openai))
Lucinda Berry’s path to authorship joined an early habit of storytelling with a professional life in psychology. In interviews, she has said she was writing from childhood, dictating stories before she could write on her own and completing a 100-page book in fourth grade. Her formal training and long career centered on psychology and trauma, and she has described graduate-school research on how writing can help people heal after traumatic experiences. Berry later worked as a clinical psychologist and researcher focused on childhood trauma, including time in inpatient psychiatric settings and treatment centers. The decisive turn came when, after years of writing privately, she began publishing fiction in her thirties and effectively merged her clinical and creative lives. ((https://lucindaberry.com/bio/?utm_source=openai))
"Lucinda Berry is just so so brilliant"
— Lisa Jewell
"Lucinda Berry's novella is the perfect binge listen"
— Sarah Pekkanen
"Lucinda Berry's The Secrets of Us is an utterly gripping, raw, and heartbreaking story"
— Samantha M. Bailey
"Lucinda Berry doesn't just write thrillers--she stages psychological ambushes"
— Noelle W. Ihli
"Lucinda Berry's latest, Under Her Care, is her best thriller yet!"
— Kaira Rouda
"Lucinda Berry's The Secrets of Us is a tense, psychological thriller"
— Debbie Herbert
"This is a Safe Space is a tour de force and Lucinda Berry at her best"
— Alex Finlay
"Lucinda Berry's Under Her Care is stunning, diabolical, and gripping"
— Lisa Regan
"The Perfect Child, by Lucinda Berry, is the sort of novel I can't put down"
— The New York Times
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