CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (2007) Winner
Gillian Flynn
ジリアン・フリン
Jirian Furin
Aliases:
Gillian Schieber Flynn
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1971-02-24 （Kansas City, Missouri）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Kansas City, Missouri → Chicago
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Screenwriter, Producer, Showrunner
- Active Years
- 2006-2025
- Affiliations
- Entertainment Weekly
- Influenced By
- Dennis Lehane
- Nominations
- Edgar Award for Best First Novel (Sharp Objects), Edgar Award for Best Novel (Gone Girl)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Miege High School | — | General | — | 1985-1989 | United States |
| University of Kansas | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | English and Journalism | BFA | — | United States |
| Northwestern University | Medill School of Journalism | Journalism | MSJ | — | United States |
Bishop Miege High School
General
Period:
1985-1989
Year of Graduation:
1989
Country:
United States
High school graduation
University of Kansas
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
/ English and Journalism
Degree:
BFA
Country:
United States
Undergraduate degrees in English and journalism
Northwestern University
Medill School of Journalism
/ Journalism
Degree:
MSJ
Year of Graduation:
1997
Country:
United States
Master’s degree
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | CWA New Blood Dagger | Sharp Objects | 新人賞 | Crime Writers’ Association | Won |
| 2007 | Ian Fleming Steel Dagger | Sharp Objects | — | Crime Writers’ Association | Won |
| 2015 | Edgar Award for Best Short Story | The Grownup | — | Mystery Writers of America | Won |
| 2015 | Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | Gone Girl | — | Broadcast Film Critics Association | Won |
CWA New Blood Dagger
2007
Work:
Sharp Objects
Category:
新人賞
Organization:
Crime Writers’ Association
Result:
Won
Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
2007
Work:
Sharp Objects
Organization:
Crime Writers’ Association
Result:
Won
Edgar Award for Best Short Story
2015
Work:
The Grownup
Organization:
Mystery Writers of America
Result:
Won
Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
2015
Work:
Gone Girl
Organization:
Broadcast Film Critics Association
Result:
Won
Awards & Nominations
Exclusive Books Boeke Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 21 (2012) Winner
Works
Major Works
Sharp Objects
2006 Psychological thrillerA reporter investigates a series of murders in her hometown.
Family secretsPsychological darkness
Adaptations
- [TV miniseries] Sharp Objects / Jean-Marc Vallée (2018)
Dark Places
2009 ThrillerA woman questions her brother's guilt in her family's murder.
Satanic panicPast trauma
Adaptations
- [Film] Dark Places / Gilles Paquet-Brenner (2015)
Gone Girl
2012 Thriller/MysteryA husband faces scrutiny when his wife disappears.
Dark side of marriageMedia influence
Adaptations
- [Film] Gone Girl / David Fincher (2014)
The Grownup
2015 Short story thrillerA fake psychic is hired to cleanse a haunted house.
SupernaturalHuman darkness
Bibliography
- Sharp Objects (2006)
- Dark Places (2009)
- Gone Girl (2012)
- Masks (2014, comic)
- The Grownup (2015)
Translations of Works
- Translated into 40 languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Taut proseMorally ambiguous female characters
- Recurring Motifs
- Midwestern darknessFamily dysfunction
Legacy
Prominent thriller author known for Gone Girl; successful screenwriter.
In Popular Culture
- Gone Girl film became a cultural phenomenon
Quotes
-
I could not have written a novel if I hadn’t been a journalist first...
Source: Interview (2014)
Trivia
- Worked as TV critic at Entertainment Weekly.
- Once dressed as a tuxedo-clad ice cream cone for a job.
- Self-identified feminist.