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List of psychological thriller authors female

This is a list I put together I am currently using for reference to find and keep track of authors in this genre

I will do my best to not intentionally include anyone that does not use she/her pronouns

• Gillian Schieber Flynn
  • Gone Girl
  • Sharp Objects
• Alice Feeney
• Amy Tintera
• Paula Hawkins
  • The Girl on the Train
• Tana French
  • In the Woods
• Freida McFadden
• Lisa Jewell
• Ruth Ware
• Shari Lapena
  • The Couple Next Door
• Lisa Unger
• Jennifer Hillier
  • Jar of Hearts
• Wendy Walker
  • (All Is Not Forgotten, Emma in the Night, The Night Before)
• B. A. Pari
  • (Behind Closed Doors)
• Ashley Audrain
  • (The Push and The Whispers)
• Romy Hausmann
• Mary Kubica
  • (The Good Girl, Local Woman Missing)
• Zoje Stage
• K. L. Slater
• Jennifer McMahon
  • The Invited
• Erin Kelly
• Minka Kent
• Fiona Barton
  • (The Widow, The Child)
• Sue Watson
• Gillian McAllister
• Claire Allan
  • (Her Name Was Rose)
• Louise Candlish
• Sarah Pekkanen
• Catriona Ward
• Rachel Hawkins
• Marisa Walz
• Robyn Harding
• Sarah Gailey
• May Cobb
• Audrey J. Cole
• Caroline Glenn
• Sarah A. Denzil
• Ruth Harrow
• Kristin Offiler
• Nancy Savage
  • The Couple in Cabin 14
• Claire McGowan
• Kaira Rouda
• Georgia McVeigh
• Elena Taylor
• Hazel Caraway
• Natasha Bache
  • 12 Ways to Kill Your Family at Christmas
• Amanda McKinney
• Bellamy Rose
• Jessie Garcia
• Allison Gunn
• Jess Ryder
• Gemma Rogers
• Ellie Monago
• Stacy Willingham
• Marisa Kashino
• Michele Dominguez Greene
• Debra Webb
• Cate Quinn
• Darcy Coates
• Nora Murphy
• Holly Jackson
• Heather Gudenkauf
• Tanya Grant
• Angela Clarke
• Amy K. Green
  • Haven’t Killed in Years
• Bonnie Traymore
• Clare Mackintosh
• Emy McGuire
• Katherine Faulkner
• Nicole Baart
• Cathryn Grant
• Tiffany Crum
  • This Story Might Save Your Life: A Novel
• Kathryn Croft
  • The Girl With No Past
• Ramona Baillie
• Lynn M. Kristopher
• Sarah Sapp
• Jo Loveday
• Emily Shiner
• AJ McDine
• Lauren North
• Miranda Smith
• Willow Rose
• Natali Simmonds
• Becca Day
• Hayley Smith
• L.G. Davis
• Anya Mora

Thriller Publishers

• Sourcebooks thrillers
• Penguin Random House thrillers
• Grand Central Publishing (Hachette’s thriller imprint)
• Barnes and Noble site for thrillers
• One of my favorite thriller publishers has a huge list of female authors (Bookcouture is Hachette’s UK thriller publishing imprint)
• Thrillers from one of my favorite publishers, Boldwood books
• Crooked Lane books, one of my favorite thriller imprints!
• Books from Bookcouture

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