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Lisa Unger (; born April 26, 1970) is an American author of contemporary fiction, primarily psychological thrillers.


Biography

Miscione was born in New Haven, Connecticut but grew up in the Netherlands, England and New Jersey. She spent her teens in the Long Valley section of Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey. Miscione moved to New York City after high school, where she graduated from the New School for Social Research and spent a decade working in publishing in New York. After a vacation in Florida, where she met her future husband who was vacationing from Detroit, she changed direction. She married Jeff Unger, resigned her job, moved to Florida and gave herself a year to sell her first novel. Fairly quickly she found an agent and sold a deal to produce four crime novels. Unger published ten books and became an internationally bestselling author with her books being translated into twenty-six languages, with around 2 million sales. Her first four books were published in her maiden name of Lisa Miscione. Her first release as Lisa Unger was ''Beautiful Lies'' in 2006. '' In the Blood'' won the 2015 Silver Falchion Award for Best Novel (Crime Thriller). and was a Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee for Best Mystery & Thriller 2014.


Novels

Novels * '' Beautiful Lies'' (2006) – Ridley Jones #1 * '' Sliver of Truth'' (2007) – Ridley Jones #2 * '' Black Out'' (2008) – Standalone * '' Die for You'' (2009) – Standalone * '' Fragile'' (2010) – Jones Cooper #1 (''The Hollows'' book 1) * '' Darkness, My Old Friend'' (2011) – Jones Cooper #2 (''The Hollows'' book 2) * '' Heartbroken'' (2012) – Standalone * '' In the Blood'' (2014) – Standalone (''The Hollows'' book 3) * ''Crazy Love You'' (February 2015) – Standalone (''The Hollows'' book 4) * '' Ink and Bone'' (June 2016) – Jones Cooper #3 (''The Hollows'' book 5) * ''The Red Hunter'' (April 2017) – Standalone * ''Under My Skin'' (Oct. 2018) – Standalone * ''The Stranger Inside'' (Sep 2019) - Standalone * ''Confessions on the 7:45'' (Sept. 2020) – Standalone * ''All My Darkest Impulses'' (May 2021) – House of Crows #1 * ''Fog Descending'' (May 2021) – House of Crows #2 * ''Circling the Drain'' (May 2021) – House of Crows #3 * ''Love the Way You Lie'' (May 2021) – House of Crows #4 * ''Last Girl Ghosted'' (Oct. 2021) – Standalone * ''Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six'' (Nov. 2022) - Standalone Writing as Lisa Miscione. Re-released in 2011 by Crown Publishing Group: * '' Angel Fire'' (2002) – Lydia Strong #1 * '' The Darkness Gathers'' (2003) – Lydia Strong #2 * '' Twice'' (2004) – Lydia Strong #3 * '' Smoke'' (2005) – Lydia Strong #4


Novellas

* ''The Whispering Hollows'' (2016) (''The Hollows'' series)


References


External links


Lisa Unger's websiteLisa Unger on a Comfort Junkie’s Resistance to Adventure Travel (The Wall Street Journal March 2015)Lisa Unger's Official Wattpad Profile
with Publishers Weekly
Do Some Damage InterviewInterview
with ITW's ''The Big Thrill''
Interview
with '' Booklist''
Interview with Suicide Girls
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