avg_rating: 3.89
name: Carla  Norton
about: Is my fiction inspired by true events? Absolutely. My first book was a true account of a shocking crime. PERFECT VICTIM, which I co-wrote with the prosecutor, made the reading list for the FBI's Behavioral Sciences Unit and was a #1 New York Times bestseller. The case haunted me, and now that astonishing true story fuels two works of fiction: THE EDGE OF NORMAL and WHAT DOESN'T KILL HER. Reeve, my fictional heroine, is a young survivor of kidnapping and captivity. Scarred, flawed, and psychologically unbalanced, ‘Edgy Reggie’ has a hot sense of justice. And she’s absolutely fearless.After PERFECT VICTIM, I wrote another true crime, DISTURBED GROUND. This is the shocking true story of a shape-shifting ex-con, a woman who fooled everyone -- n Is my fiction inspired by true events? Absolutely. My first book was a true account of a shocking crime. PERFECT VICTIM, which I co-wrote with the prosecutor, made the reading list for the FBI's Behavioral Sciences Unit and was a #1 New York Times bestseller. The case haunted me, and now that astonishing true story fuels two works of fiction: THE EDGE OF NORMAL and WHAT DOESN'T KILL HER. Reeve, my fictional heroine, is a young survivor of kidnapping and captivity. Scarred, flawed, and psychologically unbalanced, ‘Edgy Reggie’ has a hot sense of justice. And she’s absolutely fearless.After PERFECT VICTIM, I wrote another true crime, DISTURBED GROUND. This is the shocking true story of a shape-shifting ex-con, a woman who fooled everyone -- neighbors, clergy, even cops -- while in fact she was the rarest of all criminals: a female serial killer.THE EDGE OF NORMAL: Thriller Award Finalist; Royal Palm Literary Award Winner. WHAT DOESN'T KILL HER: Nancy Pearl Book Award Winner. Jeffery Deaver calls THE EDGE OF NORMAL the "perfect blend of literary style, psychological insight &amp; edge-of-the-seat thriller." Taylor Stevens says WHAT DOESN’T KILL HER is "a smart, tightly written, psychological thrill ride.” (The book is titled HUNTED overseas.)**Please feel free to contact me via Goodreads if you'd like to ask a question. Thank you! ...more