Andrew Pyper's Blog

Well for a bunch of reasons including switching up email addresses and losing all my old passwords and being lazing with all things tech, I haven't been here in a good long while. But the kind help people at Goodreads got me back in here and I promise to not leave three years between visits!

There's been a lot that's happened, writing wise, since I was last here. My novel, The Residence, a ghost story based on real events in the White House, came out. Also my audio-only thriller, Oracle, was released and was a #1 bestseller on Audible in both the US and Canada, and yesterday was picked as an Audible Best 100 Audiobook of the Year. Oracle is performed by Joshua Jackson who nails the character of Nate Russo so well that...let's just say you gotta hear it.

Be back soon(er) than last time!
Andrew

It's been a while!

Hello again, good people of Goodreads. I'm here to apologize for my absence (I've been busy, I promise!) but also to let you know that a new novel, one I'm very proud of and have wrestled fiercely with and has now agreed to squeeze itself between the covers of a book, is on its way.

It's called THE ONLY CHILD and I will have lots more to say and show and tease about it soon, but for now let me say I hope you're all doing well, reading good stuff, and maybe would like to make some room on your shelves for a new psychological thriller - that is, mine - coming in June 2017.

Andrew

Had my weekend made to see such a great review of THE DAMNED in USA Today (which gave it 3.5 stars out of 4)! You can check out the full review here: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/bo...

In its first major review, THE DAMNED gets a rave in The Globe and Mail!

"Pyper has more than mastered the art of the profluent plot and THE DAMNED guarantees many sleepless nights...will get your heart racing without insulting your intelligence. A brilliant conceit." - Globe and Mail


http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/b...

THE DAMNED is out on the shelves! Hope you grab a copy and let me know what you think of it when you do. Meantime, here's a teaser trailer that's up at Legendary Picture's Facebook page, the company that's making the movie of THE DAMNED. Check it here: https://www.facebook.com/legendary/po...

So my new book, THE DAMNED, is out tomorrow (Feb. 10) across Canada and the US! Hope you grab one and that it keeps you up late. By the way, if you do get a copy on Feb. 10 and post a pic of you with the book to my Twitter handle (@andrewpyper) you could be one of five peeps to get sent a signed copy (my kids will be the judges, so totally impartial). Enjoy!

February is here (hey, thanks blizzard!) and brings with it the news - along with the snow - that THE DAMNED is one of Amazon's 10 Best New Books of the Month! That warms the cockles. Whatever cockles are.

http://www.amazon.ca/b/ref=amb_link_4...

"Pyper's depictions of the afterlife are visceral and frightening...The midstory shift to mystery and revelation of family secrets propels the novel to a satisfying conclusion. Recommended." -- Library Journal on THE DAMNED

So thrilled to share the news that the film rights to THE DAMNED have been acquired by Legendary Pictures! Very happy that my nasty little offspring has ended up in such good hands.

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/leg...

"Prepare yourself for a sleepless night or two once you’ve settled in with this smart, suspenseful and absolutely terrifying book that takes the bad seed concept to a whole new level. Pyper has the unique ability to take us to the darkest places and convince us that the things we find there are not only entirely possible and real, but that we might just take some piece of them back with us once we close the cover and turn out the lights."

Jennifer McMahon, New York Times bestselling author of The Winter People