Caroline Kepnes

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About Caroline Kepnes

Caroline Kepnes is the author of YOU, HIDDEN BODIES and PROVIDENCE. The hit Netflix series You is an adaptation of her debut novel. The upcoming second is based on her sequel HIDDEN BODIES.

Caroline was born and raised on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. When she was in high school, Sassy Magazine gave her short story an Honorable Mention in their Fabulous Fiction Contest. They also gave her a Smith Corona typewriter.

After graduating from Brown University, Caroline continued writing short stories (on her computer, sorry typewriter) while embarking on a career in pop culture journalism first at Tiger Beat, then at Entertainment Weekly. She also worked as a TV writer on 7th Heaven and The Secret Life of the American Teenager.

Caroline now lives in a quaint neighborhood in Los Angeles. She goes home to Cape Cod every chance she gets.

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You: A Novel Sep 30, 2014

by Caroline Kepnes

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NOW A HIT NETFLIX SERIES
A NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER

“Hypnotic and scary.” —Stephen King

“I am riveted, aghast, aroused, you name it. The rare instance when prose and plot are equally delicious.” —Lena Dunham

From debut author Caroline Kepnes comes You, one of Suspense Magazine’s Best Books of the Year, and a brilliant and terrifying novel for the social media age.

When a beautiful, aspiring writer strides into the East Village bookstore where Joe Goldberg works, he does what anyone would do: he Googles the name on her credit card.

There is only one Guinevere Beck in New York City. She has a public Facebook account and Tweets incessantly, telling Joe everything he needs to know: she is simply Beck to her friends, she went to Brown University, she lives on Bank Street, and she’ll be at a bar in Brooklyn tonight—the perfect place for a “chance” meeting.

As Joe invisibly and obsessively takes control of Beck’s life, he orchestrates a series of events to ensure Beck finds herself in his waiting arms. Moving from stalker to boyfriend, Joe transforms himself into Beck’s perfect man, all while quietly removing the obstacles that stand in their way—even if it means murder.

A terrifying exploration of how vulnerable we all are to stalking and manipulation, debut author Caroline Kepnes delivers a razor-sharp novel for our hyper-connected digital age. You is a compulsively readable page-turner that’s being compared to Gone Girl, American Psycho, and Stephen King’s Misery.

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Hidden Bodies: (A You Novel) Feb 23, 2016

by Caroline Kepnes

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THE RIVETING SEQUEL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING YOU

“Kepnes hits the mark, cuts deep, and twists the knife.” —Entertainment Weekly

“Delicious and insane...The plot may be twisty and scintillating, but it’s Kepnes’s wit and style that keep you coming back.” —Lena Dunham

“Hypnotic and scary.” —Stephen King

“Obsessed.” —Jessica Knoll, New York Times bestselling author

In the compulsively readable sequel to her widely acclaimed debut novel, You, Caroline Kepnes weaves a tale that Booklist calls “the love child of Holden Caulfield and Patrick Bateman.”

In Hidden Bodies, the basis for season two of the hit Netflix series, You, Joe Goldberg returns.

Joe is no stranger to hiding bodies. In the past ten years, this thirty-something has buried four of them, collateral damage in his quest for love. Now he’s heading west to Los Angeles, the city of second chances, determined to put his past behind him.

In Hollywood, Joe blends in effortlessly with the other young upstarts. He eats guac, works in a bookstore, and flirts with a journalist neighbor. But while others seem fixated on their own reflections, Joe can’t stop looking over his shoulder. The problem with hidden bodies is that they don’t always stay that way. They reemerge, like dark thoughts, multiplying and threatening to destroy what Joe wants most: true love. And when he finds it in a darkened room in Soho House, he’s more desperate than ever to keep his secrets buried. He doesn’t want to hurt his new girlfriend—he wants to be with her forever. But if she ever finds out what he’s done, he may not have a choice…

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Providence: A Novel Jun 19, 2018

by Caroline Kepnes

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“Part love story, part supernatural thriller and completely engrossing” (People)—from the acclaimed author of You, now a hit Netflix series

“A dark beauty of a book, Providence kept me up at night with characters that made my heart a little bigger.”—Jessica Knoll, New York Times bestselling author of Luckiest Girl Alive

Best friends in small-town New Hampshire, Jon and Chloe share an intense, near-mystical bond. But before Jon can declare his love for his soul mate, he is kidnapped, and his plans for a normal life are permanently dashed. Four years later, Jon reappears. He is different now: bigger, stronger, and with no memory of the time he was gone. Jon wants to pick up where he and Chloe left off—until the horrifying instant he realizes he possesses strange powers that pose a grave threat to everyone he cares for. Afraid of hurting Chloe, Jon runs away, embarking on a journey for answers.

Meanwhile, in Providence, Rhode Island, healthy college students and townies with no connection to one another are inexplicably dropping dead. A troubled detective prone to unexplainable hunches, Charles “Eggs” DeBenedictus suspects there’s a serial killer at work. But when he starts asking questions, Eggs is plunged into a shocking whodunit he never could have predicted.

With an intense, mesmerizing voice, Caroline Kepnes makes keen and powerful observations about human connection and how love and identity can dangerously blur together.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL SIMPLE

“Providence is a novel that doesn’t fit into one box—it’s tender and dark, eerie and cool, heartbreaking but also an affirmation of the power of love. Kepnes perfectly captures each character’s struggle and pain in such a unique, unconventional way that every page—every sentence—is a delightful surprise.”—Sara Shepard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Little Liars

“Caroline Kepnes is cool right this minute. . . . [Providence is] terrifically conceived and executed. . . . Kepnes has an exhilarating, poppy, unexpected voice.”—The New York Times Book Review

“An addictive horror-tinged romance that’ll keep you guessing.”—Entertainment Weekly

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Lullabies For Suffering: Tales of Addiction Horror Jan 14, 2020

by Caroline Kepnes , Kealan Patrick Burke , Gabino Iglesias , John FD Taff , Mark Matthews , Mercedes M Yardley

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"Chilling. Thought-provoking."
~The Library Journal, (Starred Review)

Addiction starts like a sweet lullaby sung by a trusted loved one. It washes away the pains of the day and wraps you in the warmness of the womb where nothing hurts and every dream is possible. Yet soon enough, this warm state of bliss becomes a cold shiver, the ecstasy and dreams become nightmares, yet we can't stop listening to the lullaby. We crave to hear the siren song as it rips us apart.

Six stories: three novellas, three novelettes, written by a powerful list of talent, all featuring the insidious nature of addiction--damaged humans craving for highs and wholeness but finding something more tragic and horrific on the other side.

FEATURING:
Caroline Kepnes, author of You and Hidden Bodies
Kealan Patrick Burke, author of Sour Candy and Kin
Mercedes M. Yardley, author of Pretty Little Dead Girls
John FD Taff, author of The Fearing
Mark Matthews, author of Milk-Blood
Gabino Iglesias, author of Coyote Songs

"A plunge into the agony and the ecstasy, the inescapable nightmare of addiction." ~ALMA KATSU, author of The Deep and The Hunger

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Hidden Bodies - Ich werde dich finden: Band 2 zur NETFLIX-Serie YOU (Joe Goldberg) (German Edition) Dec 20, 2019

by Caroline Kepnes , Katrin Reichardt

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Der Roman zur zweiten Staffel der NETFLIX-Erfolgsserie YOU - Du wirst mich lieben - für alle, die wissen möchten, wie es mit Joe Goldberg weitergeht!

Nachdem seine Beziehung mit Beck ein abruptes Ende nahm, ist der Buchhändler Joe Goldberg fest entschlossen, seine Vergangenheit ein für alle Mal hinter sich zu lassen - und in Los Angeles ganz von vorn anzufangen. Joe gelingt es problemlos, den kalifornischen Lebensstil anzunehmen und sich bei den "Möchtegerns" in Hollywood einzufügen. Doch während die Menschen dort auf nichts anderes als sich selbst fixiert sind, kann Joe nicht aufhören, über seine Schulter zu blicken. Das, was in der Vergangenheit geschehen ist, schwebt über allem, was er tut, und jedem Schritt, den er geht. Denn manche Leichen bleiben nicht für immer vergraben ...

"Ihr braucht dieses Buch. Caroline Kepnes ist gerade zu meiner Lieblingsautorin geworden." COLLEEN HOOVER

"Clever und eiskalt." ELLE

"Wenn Sie nur einen einzigen Thriller in diesem Jahr lesen, sorgen Sie dafür, dass es dieser hier ist." DAILY MAIL

Dieser Roman ist in einer früheren Ausgabe unter dem Titel HIDDEN BODIES bei INK erschienen.

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You (Spanish Edition) Mar 17, 2020

by Caroline Kepnes , Maia Figueroa

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«Hipnótico y escalofriante». STEPHEN KING
«Mi thriller favorito». LENA DUNHAM

Cuando una atractiva joven entra en la librería neoyorquina donde trabaja Joe Goldberg, él hace lo normal: busca en Google el nombre que aparece en su tarjeta de crédito. Sólo hay una Guinevere Beck en Nueva York. Usa Twitter con frecuencia y tiene una cuenta pública de Facebook que a él le revela todo lo que necesita saber: es Beck para sus amigos, estudió en Brown, vive en Bank Street y esa misma noche irá a un bar de Brooklyn: el lugar perfecto para encontrarse por casualidad.

A medida que Joe va asumiendo el control de la vida de Beck, pasa de acosador a novio y se transforma en su hombre ideal; eso sí, acabando por el camino con todos los posibles obstáculos... Incluso aunque eso implique el asesinato.

Con esta impactante novela que ha sido adaptada a una de las series más exitosas de Netflix, Caroline Kepnes profundiza en lo vulnerables que somos al acoso y la manipulación digital en la actualidad hiperconectada mediante una historia frenética que la crítica ha comparado con Perdida, American Psycho, Girls y Misery.

«Uno de esos casos inusuales en que tanto la escritura como la trama son exquisitas». Lena Dunham. «Brillante. Es una mezcla de Perdida y una versión siniestra de Girls». Marie Claire. «Uno de esos libros por los que pones en pausa tu vida». Glamour. «Agudo y espeluznante». Elle. «Un thriller genial con personalidad, coraje y auténtica perspicacia al reflejar la naturaleza de la obsesión». Sophie Hannah. «Indaga en la delgada línea que separa la seducción del acoso». The Guardian. «El thriller del año». Daily Mail. «¡Adictivo!». Closer

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Ugly Babies Jan 14, 2014

by James Ward Kirk

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There’s nothing quite like the birth of a child. Children are born in our likenesses... we treasure their beauty, their innocence, and marvel as they take their first breaths outside of their mother’s womb. In a perfect world, babies are miracles. But as we know, the world is not always perfect.

JWK Fiction brings you a collection of poetry, flash fiction and short stories dealing with beginnings that maynot be as rosy as everyone around us often seems to think newborns are.

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YOU - Du wirst mich lieben (Joe Goldberg 1) (German Edition) May 7, 2015

by Caroline Kepnes , Katrin Reichardt

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DER ROMAN ZUR NETFLIX-ERFOLGSSERIE

Joe Goldberg ist gut aussehend, charmant - und bereit, sich endlich zu verlieben. Als die angehende Autorin Guinevere Beck die Buchhandlung betritt, in der er arbeitet, ist er augenblicklich von ihr hingerissen. Er weiß, dass er sie wiedersehen muss, und tut, was jeder in seiner Situation tun würde: Er googelt ihren Namen und findet alles über sie heraus, was er kann,um ihr "zufällig" ein zweites Mal zu begegnen.Beide spüren die Verbindung, die zwischen ihnen herrscht - es ist die perfekte Liebesgeschichte.

... oder?

Denn Joe ist nicht der, der er vorgibt zu sein. Und auch hinter Becks unschuldigem Lächeln verbirgt sich mehr als gedacht. Bald schon gerät ihre Beziehung außer Kontrolle - und die Abgründe, die sich dabei auftun, haben tödliche Konsequenzen ...

"Ihr braucht dieses Buch. Caroline Kepnes ist gerade zu meiner Lieblingsautorin geworden." COLLEEN HOOVER

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Les corps cachés (Suspense Crime) (French Edition) Jun 5, 2019

by Caroline Kepnes

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« Aussi hypnotisant et qu’angoissant ! »
STEPHEN KING
Joe Goldberg, libraire indépendant et tueur en série malgré lui, est passé maître dans l’art de cacher les corps. Ces dernières années, il en a déjà dissimulé quatre : les dommages collatéraux de sa quête éperdue du grand amour.

L’assassinat – involontaire bien sûr– de sa dernière petite amie l’obligeant à fuir New York, Joe s’installe à Los Angeles, la ville des nouveaux départs. Il s’y trouve aussitôt un nouveau poste de libraire, et surtout, une nouvelle cible à conquérir. Cette fois, c’est la femme parfaite, il en est convaincu ! Pas question donc que sa vie d’avant vienne perturber ce nouveau bonheur. Quitte à éliminer ceux qui pourraient le menacer…

Un thriller terriblement prenant et original qui nous plonge dans les histoires de coeur du serial killer le plus charmant du moment !

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