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Home » Gillian Flynn

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Posted inBlogs

Teachers’ union overwhelmingly votes to authorize strike, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd September 27, 2016August 18, 2021

Also, Donald and Ivanka Trump hit town Wednesday to raise money with Mike Ditka.

Posted inBlogs

Weekly Top Five: The best of David Fincher

by Drew Hunt October 5, 2014August 18, 2021

The best of contemporary master David Fincher

Posted inBlogs

The real story behind Dog Day Afternoon, Nicolas Cage, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by Drew Hunt October 3, 2014August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Christoph Waltz
Posted inFilm

Our top picks for fall movies

by Chicago Reader September 10, 2014August 18, 2021

Our top picks for fall movies: Young Charlton Heston in a Chicago-shot Julius Caesar, Jon Stewart’s directorial debut, and more

Aleksandar Hemon
Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Novelist

by Chicago Reader June 20, 2013August 19, 2021

Aleksandar Hemon

Sapphire, Joe Meno, T. Geronimo Johnson
Posted inArts & Culture

Writers bring “Vision and Voice” to the 17th annual Story Week

by Sam Worley March 14, 2013August 19, 2021

“Vision and Voice” is the theme of the 17th annual Story Week Festival of Writers.

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Wed 2/13: Gillian Flynn, The Graduate, and pop art

by Drew Hunt February 13, 2013August 18, 2021

What’s on the Reader’s Agenda for Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Posted inBlogs

The Reader’s Agenda: Fri 8/3

by Drew Hunt August 3, 2012August 19, 2021

What’s on the Agenda for Friday, August 3, 2012

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Suspense Novelist

by Jerome Ludwig June 20, 2012August 19, 2021

Gillian Flynn

Posted inBlogs

The Reader’s Agenda: Mon 6/18

by Drew Hunt June 18, 2012August 19, 2021

What’s on the Agenda for Monday, June 18, 2012

Dan Rather and dozens of others speak and read at the Printers Row Lit Fest.
Posted inArts & Culture

Herding authors at the Printers Row Lit Fest

by Rebecca Cohen June 6, 2012August 19, 2021

Highlights of the Chicago Tribune’s annual convocation of writers and readers

Posted inBlogs

Obsolescence Week: book blurbs

by Jerome Ludwig March 9, 2012August 19, 2021

It’s time to retire the book blurb.

Posted inBlogs

The dark side of murder-mystery writer Gillian Flynn

by Anne Ford June 9, 2011August 19, 2021

The very first story that I remember writing was grandly called “To the Outhouse.” I was in third grade. My story was about a little pioneer girl who must pee in the night, and she has to go to the outhouse in the wilderness, where there are wolves all around. She gets devoured by the […]

Posted inBlogs

Joe Meno and Mark Caro: 2009 Great Lakes Book Award winners

by Jerome Ludwig September 11, 2009August 19, 2021

Mark Caro and Joe Meno have won top honors this year from the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association.

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