Alice Blanchard is an award-winning author of mysteries, suspense thrillers, psychological thrillers, action thrillers and dark academia.
Her bestselling thriller, “The Breathtaker,” was an official selection of NBC’s Today Show Book Club, and her debut mystery, “Darkness Peering,” was a New York Times’ Notable Book. "Trace of Evil” was selected as an Amazon Best Mystery and an Indie Next Pick.
Her story collection won the Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Short Fiction, and she has received a PEN Fiction Award, a Centrum award and a New Letters Literary Award, among other honors. Her books have been published in 16 countries.
“Blanchard's prose is swift and cinematic.” ― Publisher's Weekly
“Blanchard’s artistry whips up excitement… She writes so well that she rattles the rafters.” ― Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review
“Blanchard may have literary roots, but she proves she can hold her own with the plot-wielding, bestselling big boys.” ― Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“A veteran storyteller at the peak of her powers.” ― New York Times bestselling author of Jacquelyn Mitchard
“Blanchard writes with a gifted pen.” ― Bookreporter
“Blanchard is a superb storyteller.” ― Mystery & Suspense Magazine