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Rio Youers

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Rio Youers is the British Fantasy and Sunburst Award–nominated author of Lola on Fire and No Second Chances. His 2017 thriller, The Forgotten Girl, was a finalist for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel. He is the writer of Refrigerator Full of Heads, a six-issue comic series from DC Comics, and Sleeping Beauties, a graphic novel based on the number-one bestseller by Stephen King and Owen King. Rio’s latest novel, The Bang-Bang Sisters, was published by William Morrow in summer 2024.

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Average rating: 3.76 · 18,800 ratings · 3,597 reviews · 91 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sleeping Beauties, Vol. 1 by Rio Youers (Goodreads Author) (Adaptation), Stephen King (Goodreads Author), Owen King (Goodreads Author) 3.43 avg rating — 1,596 ratings — published 2020 — 8 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
	Lola on Fire 3.98 avg rating — 1,010 ratings — published 2021 — 10 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 Bang-Bang Sisters 3.70 avg rating — 959 ratings — published 2024 — 8 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
	Halcyon 3.87 avg rating — 637 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Refrigerator Full of Heads by Rio Youers (Goodreads Author) (Writer), Tom Fowler (Illustrator), Craig A. Taillefer (Illustrator) 3.58 avg rating — 660 ratings — published 2022	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
	Westlake Soul 4.28 avg rating — 547 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	No Second Chances 4.03 avg rating — 570 ratings — published 2022 — 9 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 Forgotten Girl 3.89 avg rating — 590 ratings — published 2017 — 9 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
	Sleeping Beauties, Vol. 2 (Graphic Novel) by Rio Youers (Goodreads Author) (Adaptor), Stephen King (Goodreads Author), Owen King (Goodreads Author) 3.46 avg rating — 597 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
	Refrigerator Full of Heads #1 by Rio Youers (Goodreads Author), Tom Fowler (Artist), Sam Wolfe Connelly (Cover Art), Bill Crabtree (Colorist) 3.82 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2021 — 2 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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Goodreads Giveaway Part II

The fine people at Goodreads and William Morrow are offering readers in the US a second chance to snag a copy of my new action thriller, LOLA ON FIRE.

1 of 100 advance reader’s editions are up for grabs. The giveaway will run from Monday, November 2nd to Monday, November 16th, so that’s plenty of time to get your name down.

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Series by Rio Youers

Basketful of heads-Refrigerator full of heads (13 books)
by

Rio Youers (Goodreads Author),

Sam Wolfe Connelly (Cover Art),

Marcio Takara (Cover Art),

Mateus Manhanini (Cover Art),

Bill Crabtree (Colorist),

Tom Fowler (Penciller)

4.12 avg rating — 2,544 ratings

Refrigerator Full of Heads (6 books)
by

Rio Youers (Goodreads Author),

Sam Wolfe Connelly (Cover Art),

Marcio Takara (Cover Art),

Mateus Manhanini (Cover Art),

Bill Crabtree (Colorist),

Tom Fowler (Penciller)

3.70 avg rating — 1,090 ratings

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“Cats manage arrogance and cool better than any creature alive. They have all the qualities you hope to see in people: loyalty, independence, intelligence, cleanliness ...”
― Rio Youers, The Forgotten Girl

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“The man with no hands is crying.”
― Rio Youers, Halcyon

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“Without emotion, they died inside. They became the Dead Ones.”
― Rio Youers, 21st Century Dead

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