Peter Swanson is the New York Times bestselling author of The Kind Worth Killing, winner of the New England Society Book Award and finalist for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger; Her Every Fear, an NPR book of the year; and Eight Perfect Murders, a New York Times bestseller, among others. His books have been translated into 30 languages. He lives on the North Shore of Massachusetts, where he is at work on his next novel.
""An ingenious twist on a noir classic, about the hell that awaits co-conspirators Wendy and Thom after they become a 'happy' married couple. Swanson's decision to move swiftly backward in time over 40-plus years is surprisingly suspenseful. I raced through the pages, anxious to learn the couple's last deadly secret -- and I was not disappointed."" - Laura Lippman, New York Times bestselling author of Prom Mom ""A feat of structural magnificence-- the instant I turned the final page, I flipped straight back to the start to put it all together again. Exhilarating and exceptionally clever, Kill Your Darlings zings with a singular sense of tension. Peter Swanson writes with the lyrical acuity of a literary master."" - Danya Kukafka, nationally bestselling author of Notes on an Execution 'I absolutely loved it. What a deliciously dark book.' - John Marrs 'An incredible tour de force of structure and character and plot - Peter Swanson is a flat out genius. Kill Your Darlings' deeply psychological underpinnings will have you holding your breath as you turn the pages. Both crushingly inevitable and completely haunting, I honestly applauded at the ending.' - Hank Phillippi Ryan