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Carter Wilson is the USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of eleven standalone psychological thrillers. His stories focus on ordinary people pushed into situations where survival and morality collide, and every decision has consequences. His 2025 novel Tell Me What You Did was a national monthly pick by Barnes & Noble, and his work has been optioned for film and television.

He is the host of the podcast Making It Up, where he has candid, unscripted conversations with fellow authors about what it actually takes to build a writing life. He is also the founder of Unbound Writer, an international community dedicated to helping writers become better writers and build meaningful writing careers through coaching, immersive retreats in
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Carter Wilson Yes, this book was inspired by--but not based on--the Slenderman stabbing crime in Wisconsin in 2014.
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Tell Me What You Did

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The Dead Girl in 2A

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The New Neighbor

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Mister Tender's Girl

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The Dead Husband

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The Father She Went to Find

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The Comfort of Black

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The Boy in the Woods

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Revelation

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When They Find Me

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The Dark Side of Curiosity

One of the questions every author gets asked is where their ideas come from. I’ve always found that question a little funny. It makes it sound like authors have some kind of superpower the rest of the world doesn’t. Which is garbage, of course. Everyone has ideas. All the damn time. The only difference is that an author will have some random thought, then voluntarily spend the next year writing 90

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"I adore Wilson's books so flew through this one! It centers on two young women, Riven and Annie: one is a ruthless killer and the other is a mother trying to protect her young daughter. It's a wonderfully convoluted tale of two women who will do what" Read more of this review »
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"Lord help me, still trying to catch my breath after reading this one! What an action-packed ride!! I don't want to give anything away, so I'm just going to do a basic recap. Five years ago, something terrible happened to Annie Wolf and her daughter C" Read more of this review »
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Thank you! I love writing thrillers--anything that gets the blood pumping, keeps the paranoia real, and forces you to sleep with the lights on.
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“See, that’s the thing about trauma. You never get to quit it. You never get to walk away from it and rediscover the innocence and joy you felt just before The Thing happened.”
Carter Wilson, Tell Me What You Did

“We never really know how others view us, but the one certain thing is that it's rarely how we expect.”
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“I’ve been lonely for a long time. The key is to reframe loneliness as solitude. Solitude is introspective and comforting, if you set your mind right.”
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Kris Neri Good to connect, Carter. Always great to connect with another author, especially from the other side of the world.

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Zoë Sharp Hi Carter

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