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Carter Wilson

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Carter Wilson is the Publishers Weekly and USA Today bestselling author of ten award-winning psychological thrillers. His works have earned starred reviews from all major trade publications, have been optioned for television and film, and his 2025 release Tell Me What You Did was selected by Barnes & Noble as a national monthly pick. Carter is also the host of the Making It Up podcast and founder of the Unbound Writer company, which provides coaching services, writing retreats, and online classes. He lives in Erie, Colorado..

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	Tell Me What You Did 3.74 avg rating — 30,046 ratings — published 2025 — 5 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 Dead Girl in 2A 3.49 avg rating — 4,257 ratings — published 2019	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 New Neighbor 3.46 avg rating — 3,832 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Mister Tender's Girl 3.72 avg rating — 2,901 ratings — published 2018 — 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 Dead Husband 3.67 avg rating — 1,824 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	The Father She Went to Find 3.68 avg rating — 1,340 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	The Comfort of Black 3.88 avg rating — 913 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	The Boy in the Woods 3.73 avg rating — 677 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
	Revelation 4.04 avg rating — 513 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Final Crossing 4.12 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 2012 — 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

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Here’s how I usually write books.

I don’t pitch them. I don’t outline them. I don’t (usually) send early pages to my agent. My editor often has no idea what I’m working on until the manuscript shows up in her inbox, fully formed, bleeding from the corners.

It’s not about secrecy. It’s just how I operate. I get an idea—sometimes it’s a voice, sometimes it’s a scene, sometimes it’s just a feeling—and

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Carter Wilson wrote a new blog post Still a Panster? Here’s how I usually write books.I don’t pitch them. I don’t outline them. I don’t (usually) send early pages to my agent. My editor often has no idea Read more of this blog post »
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Carter Wilson answered Garam Paaskeson's question: Your books are good! What kind of genre do you like to write? 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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Carter Wilson and 2 other people liked Matt S Johnson's review of The Father She Went to Find: "This was a great book. I loved every paragraph, every sentence and every word of this masterpiece! I read it in 12 hours, which is a lot for me to do! It had everything and more laid out in the novel! I sure hope There is more to come from this autho" Read more of this review »
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“We never really know how others view us, but the one certain thing is that it's rarely how we expect.”
― Carter Wilson, Tell Me What You Did

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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

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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.”
― Carter Wilson, Tell Me What You Did

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