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Mary Kubica

Mary Kubica is an American novelist known for psychological suspense centered on family secrets, missing persons, and domestic deception. She is the author of The Good Girl, Pretty Baby, Every Last Lie, and Local Woman Missing. Her thrillers have appeared on bestseller lists and been translated into more than thirty languages.

传记与作者历程

Mary Kubica’s career grew out of private, disciplined beginnings rather than a public literary platform. A committed reader from childhood, she has pointed to libraries, bedtime reading, and Tuck Everlasting as early influences on her imagination. She later earned a bachelor’s degree in History and American Literature from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and worked as a high school history teacher before moving fully into fiction. For a long stretch, writing remained almost entirely personal: while raising young children, she wrote in brief windows during naps and early mornings, and even many relatives did not know she was working on a novel until her debut sold. ((https://marykubica.com/about/))

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名言

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I knew that I wanted to write the story of this kidnapping, which was not what met the eye
-Stealth Writer: PW Talks with Mary Kubica
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Never give up --- and never lose hope!
-Interview: July 30
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The characters need to be multidimensional, and they need to be human
-Interview: July 30
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Mia is the character that is central to this novel, and yet Mia’s voice is rarely heard
-The Good Girl Book Club Kit
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Writing, for me, is about entertaining readers, who look to books as an escape
-Local Woman Missing Book Club Kit
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I started with the twist first, which is unusual for me
-Mystery and Suspense Q&A

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"Los Angeles Times said Mary Kubica is "a talent well worth watching."

Los Angeles Times

"Publishers Weekly said Mary Kubica is "a master of suspenseful manipulation."

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"Ruth Ware called Mary Kubica's Every Last Lie "a page-turning whodunit."

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