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Paula Hawkins

출생: August 26, 1972 – Salisbury, Mashonaland, Rhodesia

Paula Hawkins is a British novelist best known for psychological thrillers centered on memory, deception, and violence. Her breakout novel, The Girl on the Train, became a global bestseller, sold millions of copies, and was adapted for film. Her other notable works include Into the Water and A Slow Fire Burning.

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I’m conscious of the fact that there are too many dead women
-The Girl on the Train: how Paula Hawkins wrote ‘the new Gone Girl’
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It did feel a bit like the last chance to get fiction right
-Paula Hawkins, thriller writer
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I actually don’t think Rachel is that unlikable
-The woman behind The Girl on the Train
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I’d rather be ambitious and fail than just do the same thing over and over
-I wasn’t interested in writing the same book again
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I’ve never read James Joyce’s Ulysses. Or Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick. Is that shameful?
-The Secret History inspired me to write crime fiction
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Every book is its own problem
-Ask Penguin Podcast with Paula Hawkins
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If you lived there, you would be at the mercy of the tide
-Writing the Blue Hour: A Brief Essay
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Furious and afraid
-Into the Water
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What good would screaming do?
-A Slow Fire Burning

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"Paula Hawkins isn’t afraid of complicated women"

Vogue

"Paula Hawkins is the queen of keeping us on the edge of our seats"

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"A new Paula Hawkins novel is always a cause for celebration"

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"Paula Hawkins has established herself as a reliable writer of psychological thrillers set in the U.K"

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"Paula Hawkins is masterful"

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"Paula Hawkins knows how to captivate readers with an enthralling and suspenseful mystery"

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"Paula Hawkins is a genius"

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