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Blake Crouch

출생: October 15, 1978 – Statesville, North Carolina, United States

Blake Crouch is an American novelist known for speculative thrillers that blend science fiction, suspense, and big philosophical questions. His notable books include the Wayward Pines trilogy, Dark Matter, and Recursion. An internationally bestselling author, he has also seen his work adapted for television and streaming, broadening his impact beyond publishing.

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Blake Crouch emerged from a North Carolina background that still shadows the emotional stakes of his fiction. Raised near Statesville, he started writing early, first by inventing scary bedtime stories for his younger brother, then by moving into short stories, poetry, and an early novel before adulthood. He studied English and creative writing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where the idea that became Desert Places took shape. After graduation, he moved west to Durango, Colorado, a decisive change that gave him the quiet, mountain setting in which his career fully developed. ((https://www.5280.com/behind-the-scenes-of-apple-tv-show-dark-matter-with-blake-crouch/))

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We’re already living in the future—I don’t think science fiction exists anymore
-TIME: Blake Crouch No Longer Believes in Science Fiction
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I wanted it to be as sound as could be
-B&N Reads: Dark Matter Interview
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I haven’t had this much fun reading in ages
-Sleeping Giants
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I promise you have never read a story like this
-The Gone World
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An extraordinary debut from a major talent
-Bonfire
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Every story is a universe. Every story is a diamond
-Exhalation
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A stone-cold banger of a novel
-Dead Money
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The Mountain in the Sea is a wildly original, gorgeously written, unputdownable gem of a novel
-The Mountain in the Sea
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Robert Lanza is one of the most exciting thinkers of our time
-Observer

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커뮤니티 의견

"I think Blake Crouch just invented something new"

Lee Child

"Blake Crouch doesn't pull any punches in this taut and evocative examination of what humanity really is - and how it fails us"

Veronica Roth

"Blake Crouch is brilliant"

Sarah Pekkanen

"But Blake Crouch's action-packed, brilliantly unique Recursion had me up late and shirking responsibilities until I had devoured the last page"

Andy Weir

"Blake Crouch has a mind like Crichton and a heart like King"

David Koepp

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