About Lisa Unger
Born 1970. Lisa Unger is an American novelist and writer.
Lisa Unger (; born April 26, 1970) is an American author of contemporary fiction, primarily psychological thrillers.
Biography Miscione was born in New Haven, Connecticut but grew up in the states, England and New Jersey. She spent her teens in the Long Valley section of Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey. Miscione moved to New York City after high school, where she graduated from the New School for Social Research and spent a decade working in publishing in New York. During a vacation in Florida, she met her future husband Jeff Unger, who was vacationing from Detroit. After marrying Unger, she resigned her job, moved to Florida and gave herself a year to sell her first novel. Fairly quickly, she found an agent and sold a deal to produce four crime novels. Rex Klett, writing for Library Journal, praised the Unger's writing style and the book's suspense. However, Kirkus Reviews called it "predictable" and "flatly written", criticizing Lydia's characterization.
In June 2006, Unger published Beautiful Lies, her first novel under her married name, Awards Beautiful Lies was selected as a Doubleday Book Club International Book of the Month. It was also chosen in 21st place in the top 50 "Best Books of 2006" by the editors of Amazon.com, a BookSense pick and a finalist in the International Thriller Writers Award "Best Novel" in 2007. In the Blood won the 2015 Silver Falchion Award for Best Novel (Crime Thriller) and was a Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee for Best Mystery & Thriller 2014.
Novels
Writing as Lisa Miscione Re-released in 2011 by Crown Publishing Group. Angel Fire (2002) – Lydia Strong #1 The Darkness Gathers (2003) – Lydia Strong #2 Twice (2004) – Lydia Strong #3 Smoke (2005) – Lydia Strong #4
As Lisa Unger Beautiful Lies (2006) – Ridley Jones #1 Sliver of Truth (2007) – Ridley Jones #2 Black Out (2008) – Standalone Die for You (2009) – Standalone Fragile (2010) – Jones Cooper #1 (The Hollows book 1) Darkness, My Old Friend (2011) – Jones Cooper #2 (The Hollows book 2) Heartbroken (2012) – Standalone In the Blood (2014) – Standalone (The Hollows book 3) Crazy Love You (2015) – Standalone (The Hollows book 4) Ink and Bone (2016) – Jones Cooper #3 (The Hollows book 5) The Red Hunter (2017) – Standalone Under My Skin (2018) – Standalone The Stranger Inside (2019) - Standalone Confessions on the 7:45 (2020) – Standalone All My Darkest Impulses (2021) – House of Crows #1 Fog Descending (2021) – House of Crows #2 Circling the Drain (2021) – House of Crows #3 Love the Way You Lie (2021) – House of Crows #4 Last Girl Ghosted (2021) – Standalone Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six (2022) - Standalone The New Couple in 5B (2024) - Standalone
Novellas The Whispering Hollows (2016) (The Hollows series)
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Lisa Unger was born on 26 April 1970 in New Haven.
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Lisa Unger is a novelist and writer.
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