“Lisa Unger, you’ve done it again.” — Sarah Michelle Gellar, Emmy Award-winning actress

Lisa Unger is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of twenty-two novels, including Close Your Eyes and Count to 10. With books published in thirty-three languages and millions of copies sold worldwide, she is regarded as a master of suspense.

Unger’s critically acclaimed novels have been featured on “Best Book” lists from the Today Show, Good Morning America, Entertainment Weekly, People, Amazon, Goodreads, L.A. Times, The Boston Globe, Sun Sentinel, Tampa Bay Times and many others. She has been nominated for, or won, numerous awards including the Strand Critics, Audie, Hammett, Macavity, ITW Thriller, and Goodreads Choice. In 2019, she received two Edgar Award nominations in the same year, an honor held by only a few authors including Agatha Christie. Her short fiction has been anthologized in The Best American Mystery and Suspense, and her non-fiction has appeared in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Daily Telegraph, NPR, and Travel+Leisure. Lisa is the current co-President of the International Thriller Writers organization.

Lisa's Featured Titles

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The Journey from Aspiring to Published Writer

Lisa Unger discusses the road from her childhood love of reading and writing to bestselling author. This is a warts and all talk about finding your calling, losing connection to your dream, finding your way again, and never giving up.

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Five Reasons You're Not Being as Creative as You Could Be

Lisa Unger talks about her life as a novelist, and all the ways the world can conspire to keep us from our creativity. She talks here about honoring your creative impulses, making time for pursuing your dreams,. and finding ways to connect or reconnect to your most creative self.

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Walking on the Dark Side

Lisa Unger discusses the childhood events that caused her to want to write crime fiction. This is a talk about managing the darkness that exists in the world, finding answers to unanswerable questions on the page, and using creativity to metabolize fear.

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Bring Your Narrative Problems

This talk is about process and creativity, where we get hung up in our manuscripts, and how to energize when inspiration flags. This discussion has prepared remarks, but leaves room for people to bring specific issues with their work in progress and talk it out. It’s a master class for writers working on novels, but also touches on the larger themes about finding and making space for our most creative selves.

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Honors, Awards & Recognition

New York Times and Internationally bestselling author
USA Today bestselling author
Multiple IndieNext List Pick books
Multiple Amazon Editor’s Best of the Month book picks
Multiple Goodreads Choice Award nominations
Two-time Edgar Award nominated author
Macavity Award, Hammett Prize, and Strand Critics nominated author
ITW Award Nominee for Best Short Story 2025 – THE DOLL’S HOUSE
ITW Award Winner for Best Short Story 2024 – UNKNOWN CALLER
The Best American Mystery & Suspense 2024 – UNKNOWN CALLER
NetGalleys’s Most Popular Audiobook of 2024 – THE NEW COUPLE IN 5B
The Best American Mystery & Suspense 2023 – LET HER BE
Shirley Jackson Award Nominee – HOUSE OF CROWS
LibraryReads Hall of Fame author

Media Kit

By clicking the link below you will be directed to a Google Docs Folder
where you can download author photos and cover images.

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