title: The Grownup: A Story by the Author of Gone Girl
author:  Gillian Flynn 
description: GILLIAN FLYNN is the author of the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestseller <i>Gone Girl</i> and the <i>New York Times</i> bestsellers <i>Dark Places</i> and <i>Sharp Objects</i>. A former writer and critic for <i>Entertainment Weekly</i>, she lives in Chicago with her husband and children.
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  _Also by_ Gillian Flynn
  
  
  **SHARP OBJECTS**
  
  
  **GONE GIRL**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  This author is available for select readings and lectures. To inquire about a
  possible appearance, please contact the Random House Speakers Bureau at
  [rhspeakers@randomhouse.com](http://rhspeakers@randomhouse.com) or (212)
  572-2013.  
    
  
  
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  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are
  the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any
  resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely
  coincidental.
  
  
  Copyright © 2009 by Gillian Flynn
  
  
  Excerpt from _Gone Girl_ copyright © 2012 by Gillian Flynn
  
  
  All rights reserved.  
  Published in the United States by Broadway Paperbacks, an imprint of the Crown
  Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.  
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