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Elise Hart Kipness is a USA Today bestselling author and former national TV sports reporter. She is known for the acclaimed Kate Green thriller series, Lights Out (2023), Dangerous Play (2024), and Close Call (2025), which has been optioned for television by Universal Television and Mary J. Blige’s Blue Butterfly.

Elise has earned worldwide recognition, including Men’s Journal’s Top 10 Books of the Year, a Woman’s Day Must-Read Selection, and a Scripps News Beach Read Pick and has been featured on CBS Mornings+, CBS New York’s Club Calvi, People Magazine, and Newsday.

Like her fearless protagonist, Elise chased marquee athletes at the US Open and stood beneath the blinding lights of Madison Square Garden, in her past life as a reporter for ...more

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	Lights Out (Kate Green, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 19,608 ratings — published 2023 — 6 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
	Dangerous Play (Kate Green, #2) 4.26 avg rating — 3,151 ratings — published 2024 — 5 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
	Close Call (Kate Green, #3) 4.27 avg rating — 1,290 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
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“famous quotes: “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”
― Elise Hart Kipness, Close Call

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“never understood the appeal of Adirondack chairs.”
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“My phone rings: Für Elise, the Beethoven piece that Nikki programmed.”
― Elise Hart Kipness, Lights Out

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