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Carla Norton

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Is my fiction inspired by true events? Absolutely. My first book was a true account of a shocking crime. PERFECT VICTIM, which I co-wrote with the prosecutor, made the reading list for the FBI's Behavioral Sciences Unit and was a #1 New York Times bestseller.

The case haunted me, and now that astonishing true story fuels two works of fiction: THE EDGE OF NORMAL and WHAT DOESN'T KILL HER. Reeve, my fictional heroine, is a young survivor of kidnapping and captivity. Scarred, flawed, and psychologically unbalanced, ‘Edgy Reggie’ has a hot sense of justice. And she’s absolutely fearless.

After PERFECT VICTIM, I wrote another true crime, DISTURBED GROUND. This is the shocking true story of a shape-shifting ex-con, a woman who fooled everyone -- n ...more

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	Perfect Victim: The True Story of "The Girl in the Box" by the D.A. Who Prosecuted Her Captor by Christine McGuire, Carla Norton (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 5,764 ratings — published 1989 — 29 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 Edge of Normal (Reeve LeClaire, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 3,712 ratings — 35 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
	What Doesn't Kill Her (Reeve LeClaire, #2) 3.97 avg rating — 2,119 ratings — published 2015 — 4 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
	Disturbed Ground 3.76 avg rating — 215 ratings — published 1994 — 12 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
	Carrying Albert Home / What Doesn't Kill Her / Love Gently Falling / Radiant Angel (Reader's Digest Select Editions, Volume 2, 2016 by Homer Hickam (Goodreads Author), Carla Norton (Goodreads Author), Melody Carlson 3.86 avg rating — 7 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
	Fingers: a short story 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010	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
	Reeve LeClaire Series (2 Book Series) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	Die Leibeigene. Entführung - Verführung - Gehirnwäsche. Die sieben Jahre Qual der Colleen Stan. it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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	Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher: Der Rote/ O sole mio!/ Und morgen dein Tod/ Und jetzt lass uns tanzen by Bernhard Kegel, Johanna Alba, Jan Chorin 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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FOUND ALIVE: The Edge of Normal movie adaptation

The Edge of NormalCarla Norton’s novel, The Edge of Normal, has been adapted to film. Now titled Found Alive, the movie stars Chloe Grace-Moretz and Rupert Friend. The heroine is a survivor of kidnapping and prolonged captivity, a young woman who’s flawed but fierce. (Think Elizabeth Smart meets Clarice Starling.) The Edge of Normal was inspired by the criminal case depicted in Norton’s #1 New Yor Read more of this blog post »

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Robert Crais always delivers a book that's clever, well-written, and entertaining, but this is the best yet. It's a pleasure to see how Elvis Cole gains depth and wisdom as this series continues. ...more
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“Trying to divine some essential truth about evil is toxic, like inhaling fumes.”
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“Plot is the structure of revelation.”
― Walter Mosely

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“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.”
― Anais Nin

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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

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“Stella realized then that Charlie's unhappiness had locked him out of this community as effectively as hers had, and she felt a dull sense of confirmation, she felt she might have known, this is the nature of people, they unerringly select as their victim the one who most needs their warmth.”
― Patrick McGrath, Asylum

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“I’ve always loved Russian humor,” said Nate. “It’s a shame there’s so little of it.”
― Jason Matthews, Red Sparrow

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message 1: by Andy

Sep 01, 2014 12:34AM

Thank you for being my friend here on Goodreads Carla.
I have just started reading The Edge Of Normal and am thoroughly enjoying it so far.
Best wishes
Andy x

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