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Paula Hawkins

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Paula Hawkins is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Girl on the Train, which was made into a major motion picture. Her new novel of psychological suspense, Into The Water, is coming May 2.

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Do you have a preferred method for writing? What I mean is, a block of time in the day? A specific space? Tools (pen laptop, etc). And do you edit on the fly or at intervals? Fascinated by the creative process.

Paula Hawkins I write on a laptop, in my office at home. I write best in the morning, by mid-afternoon I’ve usually run out of steam. After around 3pm I’m usually r…moreI write on a laptop, in my office at home. I write best in the morning, by mid-afternoon I’ve usually run out of steam. After around 3pm I’m usually reading, researching, answering emails – that sort of thing. I carry a notebook to write down ideas, though I find the best ideas and fixes always come to me in the bath at the time when it’s least convenient to note them down.(less)

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How do you select the names of your characters?

Paula Hawkins It’s an odd thing, naming a character. Sometimes they come to you immediately and you know: yes, that person is Danielle, Nel for short. Other times I…moreIt’s an odd thing, naming a character. Sometimes they come to you immediately and you know: yes, that person is Danielle, Nel for short. Other times I’ll change a character’s name during the writing, because as a character develops their names no longer fits. (less)

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Average rating: 3.9 · 3,675,373 ratings · 178,056 reviews · 19 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Girl on the Train 3.96 avg rating — 3,071,074 ratings — published 2015 — 139 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Into the Water 3.59 avg rating — 402,346 ratings — published 2017 — 71 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Slow Fire Burning 3.50 avg rating — 165,837 ratings — published 2021 — 103 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blue Hour 3.20 avg rating — 12,339 ratings — published 2024 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Girl on the Train - Preview really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6,660 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blind Spot 3.27 avg rating — 7,705 ratings — published 2022 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Escrito na Água - Preview 3.87 avg rating — 825 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Héroïnes 3.68 avg rating — 128 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Into the Water & The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 81 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girl on the Train, Into the Water, A Slow Fire Burning 3.86 avg rating — 59 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Hollowness: that I understand. I'm starting to believe that there isn't anything you can do to fix it. That's what I've taken from the therapy sessions: the holes in your life are permanent. You have to grow around them, like tree roots around concrete; you mold yourself through the gaps”
― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train

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“I have never understood how people can blithely disregard the damage they do by following their hearts.”
― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train

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“There’s something comforting about the sight of strangers safe at home.”
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Please vote on which book you'd like for our Group Read for November-December. These are 5 of the top 10 thrillers King recently stated were great reads.

A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

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The Killer Next Door by Alex Marwood

19 votes 32.2%

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

14 votes 23.7%

Bad Country by C.B. McKenzie

5 votes 8.5%

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