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Sarah A. Denzil

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Sarah A. Denzil is a Wall Street Journal bestselling suspense writer. She is also known as young adult author Sarah Dalton.

Sarah lives in Yorkshire with her partner, enjoying the scenic countryside and rather unpredictable weather.

She is the author of international bestselling psychological thriller SILENT CHILD, which topped the bestseller lists on Amazon in the US, UK and Australia.

You can read now read AIDEN'S STORY, a short story and sequel to SILENT CHILD. It's completely free here: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/n7lb74chp3

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Sarah A. Denzil Yes, it absolutely affects me emotionally. I think that's why I never include any graphic scenes. But writing the character's trauma helps me connect …moreYes, it absolutely affects me emotionally. I think that's why I never include any graphic scenes. But writing the character's trauma helps me connect with them. I love writing about psychology and feel very attached to the characters. It makes me love my job even more.(less)
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Hello! Sorry for the late answer! To be honest, I forgot I had this feature on here. :)

The Nice Guy came from an idea I'd been toying with for a while. It was the thought of being connected to an unbalanced, sociopathic man through a child. This is unfortunately a reality for many people who are forced to co-parent with someone they originally liked or loved but who turned out to be someone else entirely.

I wanted to set the book in the US, which is why SL Harker helped write the book. I didn't feel like I could write New York vividly without having been there.

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Little One!

Mid last year I was thinking about the different tropes in psychological thrillers and how I could come up with a fresh idea. With all the psychological thrillers around, it's really hard to come up with something different. One of the most popular storylines (and one I personally like) is kidnapping.

So I decided to write the opposite! In Little One, Fran finds a child. And from there, things turn Read more of this blog post »
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This book was born from reminiscing about books I've already written and trying to come up with something both fresh and familiar. It was while thinking about what made Silent Child such a huge hit that I came up with Behind a Locked Door.

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Behind the Locked Door is everything I love in a psychological thriller intense, chilling, and completely unputdownable. Sarah Denzil creates an atmosphere of dread that pulls you in from the very first page and never lets go. The tension b" Read more of this review »
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"WHAT DID I JUST READ?!?!?!?! From the character development to the multiple POVs; from the short chapters to the many twists and turns, this book ran the gamut of emotions and definitely deserves every one of the five (5) stars I gave it...if not mor" Read more of this review »
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“Monsters are men and women just like us, and they have the ability to hide their true face.”
― Sarah A. Denzil, Silent Child

“No one wants to believe they are weak, but we all have weakness inside us. We have strength, too, but there are times when the circumstances in our lives are so overwhelming that we easily succumb to that weakness”
― Sarah A. Denzil, Silent Child

“I’ve heard it said that you can only control yourself and how you behave in any given setting. You can never control the circumstances around you. You can’t control how other people react, only how you, yourself, act. That’s the great tragedy of life. One moment everything is perfect and the next it’s all in tatters because of the circumstances happening all around you. And what are you supposed to think when your child is taken from you? That it was fate? God? Bad luck? How are you supposed to move on? When”
― Sarah A. Denzil, Silent Child

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