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Meet the Author, Kaira Rouda
Heather Gudenkauf will be in conversation with Kaira Rouda about her new book, Jill is Not Happy. Join us to hear about writing, the new book, Jill is Not Happy, and lots of laughter!
USA Today bestselling and award-winning author Kaira Rouda has written more than twenty novels beloved by readers and acclaimed by critics, who’ve called her books “chilling, satisfying suspense” (Good Housekeeping) and “delightfully wicked fun” (Kirkus Reviews) that are “destined to fly off the shelves” (Library Journal). She’s distinguished herself in the popular genre of psychological suspense by constructing seemingly perfect lives and then tearing down facades to reveal the inner, often grim truths of her characters. At the same time, Kaira’s razor-sharp wit and wicked sense of humor shine through to counterbalance the darkness. Simply put, Kaira Rouda has great fun skewering the badly behaved in her fiction.
Rouda’s latest thriller, Jill Is Not Happy, which Scarlet/Penzler Publishers will publish in hardcover and paperback on June 10, 2025, promises to shock, surprise and satisfy with its unflinching depiction of a longtime married couple at war and just how far they’ll go to outwit and outplay each other. From the outside, Jill Tingley has it all. She’s married to her college sweetheart Jack and they’re living the dream in Southern California. Wealthy, popular and genetically blessed, theirs seems to be an enviable life, though they’ve grown distant in recent years. Newly empty nesting with their daughter Maggie away at college, Jill suggests a road trip to reconnect. But the ugly truth is that Jack would rather do anything else than drive to Utah with his wife. He’s only stayed in this marriage because of a terrible secret from their past that has bound them together all these years.
Kaira Rouda is an award–winning USA Today and Amazon Charts bestselling author of contemporary fiction that explores what goes on beneath the surface of seemingly perfect lives.
Author Heather Gudenkauf will join the author in conversation. She is the Edgar Award nominated, New York Times & USA Today bestselling author of ten novels. Her debut novel, The Weight of Silence, was an instant NYT bestseller and remained on the list for 22 weeks.
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