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Eric Rickstad is a New York Times and International bestselling novelist.

His latest novel, LILITH, will be published on March 19, 2024.

His previous novel, I AM NOT WHO YOU THINK I AM, was a New York Times Thriller of the Year.

He also wrote WHAT REMAINS OF HER, REAP, and The Canaan Crime Series — LIE IN WAIT, THE SILENT GIRLS, and THE NAMES OF DEAD GIRLS— which has sold more than a half million copies worldwide.

He lives in Vermont.


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Eric Rickstad Yes. The latest Canaan Crime novel, THE NAMES OF DEAD GIRLS, continues where THE SILENT GIRLS left off. You can pre-order it today! It hits stores Sep…moreYes. The latest Canaan Crime novel, THE NAMES OF DEAD GIRLS, continues where THE SILENT GIRLS left off. You can pre-order it today! It hits stores Sept 12.(less)
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Hello Readers and Friends!

My new novel LILITH is due out on March 19!

It took me a decade to write it.

It is my most fearless and powerful novel to date and early readers are loving it, and calling it a book that will talked about all year, and in the years to come.

Please check it out. There is an ARC giveway here on Goodreads and you can pre-order it too.

If you like my books, please consider a pre- Read more of this blog post »
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“I do not wish to know what happened to Scout Finch. I wish her to remain forever young in my imagination, her future one of infinite possibilities.”
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“He wasn’t the young man he’d once been, and he did not grieve the loss.”
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“The Quiet One: invisible as an expelled breath and born halfway down the cracks through which he is destined to slip.”
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