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Eric Rickstad

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Eric Rickstad is a New York Times and International bestselling novelist.

His latest novel, LILITH, will be published on March 19, 2024.

His previous novel, I AM NOT WHO YOU THINK I AM, was a New York Times Thriller of the Year.

He also wrote WHAT REMAINS OF HER, REAP, and The Canaan Crime Series — LIE IN WAIT, THE SILENT GIRLS, and THE NAMES OF DEAD GIRLS— which has sold more than a half million copies worldwide.

He lives in Vermont.

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Average rating: 3.71 · 31,882 ratings · 3,489 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Silent Girls (Canaan Crime, #2) 3.71 avg rating — 15,516 ratings — published 2014 — 7 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
	I Am Not Who You Think I Am 3.51 avg rating — 5,112 ratings — published 2021 — 13 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
	Lie In Wait (Canaan Crime, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 3,211 ratings — published 2015 — 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 Names Of Dead Girls (Canaan Crime, #3) 3.81 avg rating — 3,155 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
	What Remains of Her 3.77 avg rating — 2,369 ratings — published 2018	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
	Lilith 3.89 avg rating — 1,700 ratings — published 2024	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
	Reap 3.27 avg rating — 381 ratings — published 2000 — 19 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
	Remote: The Six (Remote, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 264 ratings — 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
	Remote: The Five (Remote, #2) 3.67 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2025	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 Killing in the Kingdom 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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WHY I WROTE LILITH

LILITH took me a decade to write.

On September 2, 2015, the first day I dropped my daughter off at pre-K, I saw a sign at the school entrance that read: If blue lights are flashing do not approach school. When I tried to open the door, I found it locked. We had to be buzzed in. We live in a small Vermont town. Everyone knows everyone. Why did we need to be buzzed in? Why the menacing sign? Because Read more of this blog post »

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