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Gillian Flynn

Former EW TV critic Gillian Flynn's first two novels, Sharp Objects and Dark Places, received strong critical attention and garnered a not-too-shabby niche following, but her career unexpectedly skyrocketed with this year's thriller of the summer Gone Girl. The unexpected twists, wickedly smart writing, and dark themes of a marriage skidding off the rails not only inspired excellent word-of-mouth among readers, but it made a fan of Reese Witherspoon, who's producing the film version. Flynn can't pinpoint exactly why her third novel was the one that turned her into an A-list author — an author who gets high-fives from Meryl Streep backstage at The View. ''It's just this weird, freaky, magic moment,'' she says. —Stephan Lee

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