Holly Gibney is a fictional character created by American author

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. Originally appearing in the Bill Hodges trilogy of novels (''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''), she later appears as a major supporting character in '' The Outsider'' and as the main character in "If It Bleeds", a novella included in the collection of the same name. She has been portrayed on screen by

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in the television adaptation of the Hodges trilogy and by

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in the miniseries adaptation of ''The Outsider''.

Character biography

''Mr. Mercedes''

''Finders Keepers''

''End of Watch''

''The Outsider''

''If It Bleeds''

Characterization in ''The Outsider'' miniseries

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, the developer and showrunner of the miniseries adaptation of ''The Outsider'' reworked the character to some extent, without keeping the continuity with the ''Mr. Mercedes'' TV series or Bill Hodges novels (Price did not watch the series or read the novels), and asked Stephen King to rename the character, but King insisted on keeping the name Holly Gibney.

Reception

King has gone on record as loving the character, saying in a 2020

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interview: "I just love Holly, and I wish she were a real person. ..She just walked on in the first book she was in, ''Mr. Mercedes'', and she more or less stole the book, and she stole my heart."

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gibney, Holly Stephen King characters Fictional characters introduced in 2014