Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
It's always fun to know your favorite authors' favorite books, and Gillian Flynn's happens to be Deep Water by Patricia Highsmith, the original queen of creating sociopathic mystery characters. It's a novel from 1957 about a husband and wife trying to destroy each other. Sound familiar? (Source.)
Sometimes authors get their inspiration straight out of their real-life experiences—and sometimes they don't. In Gillian Flynn's case, Gone Girl was actually inspired by her happy, functional relationship with her husband. (Source.)
Gillian Flynn truly is the anti-Nick. Not only is she happily married, but when she was dealt her own layoff from a magazine, her life almost immediately took a positive turn. Within four years, she'd written and published Gone Girl, crafted a screenplay based on the book, and had her first child. Take notes, Mr. Dunne—no television addiction and depression for this gal. (Source.)