Hallie Ephron

Hallie Ephron is a New York Times bestselling author, Edgar Award finalist and five-time finalist for the Mary Higgins Clark Award. She's published ten novels and three books about writing. Her latest suspense novel, You’ll Never Know, Dear (Wm. Morrow) is set in South Carolina. It tells the story of a little girl’s disappearance and the porcelain doll that may hold the key to her fate. It was named a finalist for the Mary Higgins Clark Award, an Earphones Award winner, and was named one of the “Top 10 Mystery and Suspense” audiobooks of 2017 by Audiofile. In Night Night, Sleep Tight, Hallie takes her experiences growing up in Beverly Hills in a family of writers and weaves them into a suspense novel that echoes of a scandalous true crime. The novel was InStyle Magazine’s #1 “Page-turning Pick.” In a starred review, Publisher’s Weekly said, “Old Hollywood glamour, scandals, and lies infuse this captivating thriller.” Her first suspense standalone was Never Tell a Lie (Wm. Morrow, 2009). In a starred review, Publishers Weekly called it “stunning” and a “deliciously creepy tale of obsession.” USA Today: “You can imagine Hitchcock curling up with this one.” It was adapted for film as “And Baby Will Fall” for the Lifetime Movie Network. She followed up with Come and Find Me, the story of a reclusive former hacker who thinks she’s found safety on the Internet. Mystery Scene called it “Psychologically astute and emotionally gripping. ” Set in the Bronx with a view of the Empire State Building, her next novel, There Was an Old Woman, tells a story of trust and betrayal, deception and madness. In it, a young woman and a very old woman connect across generations in spite of, or perhaps because, they are not related. Washington Post book reviewer Maureen Corrigan: “For those who love Gotham and abhor gore, There Was an Old Woman is the perfect thriller lite.” Hallie is a gifted teacher who gives workshops at writing conferences across the country. Her Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel (Writers Digest Books) was a finalist for Edgar and Anthony awards. In January, 2016, a REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITION of the book was published. An award-winning crime fiction book reviewer, Hallie wrote an ON CRIME column for the Boston Globe for ten years.