Gillian Flynn

Born 24 February, 1971 ( 53 years old) in Kansas City, USA .

What is the zodiac sign of Gillian Flynn ?
According to the birthday of Gillian Flynn the astrological sign is Pisces .

Currently, Gillian Flynn is married.

Occupation: screenwriter, writer, critic.

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January 26, 2021

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Biography


Gillian Flynn is a famous American writer and screenwriter working in the genre of psychological thriller. Known for the novels that have become cult: "Gone Girl", "Sharp Objects", "Dark Secrets" and "Someone Adult".

Gillian Flynn (Gillian) was born on February 24, 1971 in Kansas City, on the western border of Missouri. The future writer grew up and was brought up in an intelligent and creative family, her parents worked in college: her mother Judith Ann lectured on literature, and her father, Professor Edwin Matthew Flynn, taught cinematography. Gillian also has a brother Travis, who in the future became a train driver.

According to rumors, as a child, Flynn was a very shy child and an introvert: the girl preferred watching comics, reading books and sometimes trying to write to people. When Gillian got older, he and his father watched horror films on cozy evenings - from classic horror films about bloodthirsty zombies to action-packed slashers, where fictional maniacs such as Freddy Krueger or Jason Voorhees wield.

It is known that the future writer attended the Catholic school Bishop Miege High School until 1989. During her studies, the girl worked as a promoter: she changed into a giant yogurt suit in a tuxedo, walked the streets and attracted potential buyers. After graduating from general education, Gillian became a student at the local University of Kansas, where she received a bachelor's degree in English and journalism.

After university, the girl worked in her specialty in a local magazine, and then moved to the largest city in America - Chicago, where she received a master's degree in journalism.

Flynn has always dreamed of working as a police reporter - visiting dangerous points, writing shocking crime notes and investigating cases tangled like a Gordian knot. However, soon Gillian realized that she was not suitable for this profession, so she moved to New York, where she began her career in the magazine "Entertainment Weekly", which reviews objects of mass culture: cinema, television, series, books, etc. At EW, Gillian worked for 10 years, and on the pages of the magazine you could see columns where Flynn acted as a television critic.


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Literature


Not surprisingly, Flynn's first book, Sharp Objects, published in 2006, became a worldwide bestseller in the blink of an eye. It is noteworthy that Stephen King himself spoke warmly about Gillian's debut work, who is often called the king of horror, and the writer won two prestigious nominations from the Association of Crime Writers (2007).

The central characters of Sharp Objects are a journalist trying to make a sensation, and a ruthless maniac who kills little girls. The novel takes place in a quiet provincial town, whose inhabitants keep an ominous secret. It would seem that the writer tells about the most hackneyed topic that has been discussed in literature and cinematography for centuries, but Gillian managed to present the plot in a tasty and original way. Therefore, fans of crime stories plunge into this novel with their heads, trying, together with the main character, to reveal all the cards of a serial killer.

Dark Secrets (2009) is the second novel in the creative biography of the American writer, filled with depression, suspense, despair, cruelty and fear. The main heroine of the book, Libby Day, experienced a terrible tragedy as a child: at night her mother and two sisters were mercilessly killed, and the accusations fell on her older brother Ben Day, who was engaged in occultism. However, the police could not fully prove the guy's guilt, and after many years Libby decided to reopen the investigation. Gillian conveyed the escalating atmosphere so naturally and scrupulously described the scenes of the murders that some readers felt freezing and goosebumps.

In 2015, Gilles Paquet-Brenner brought the book Dark Secrets to television, filming the film of the same name, in which Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Christina Hendrix, Chloe Grace Moretz and other actors played the roles. It is worth saying that the adaptation of the French director was not liked by all movie lovers who, before the premiere of the film, got acquainted with the psychological novel Gillian. Some critics believed that the pretty actress Charlize was not associated with the main character Libby Day, who is lazy, unsightly, offended by life and lives on handouts from acquaintances. Also, according to some critics, the creator of the thriller failed to convey the atmosphere of horror and missed many details.

2012 saw the release of Gillian's third bestseller, Gone Girl, which brought Flynn many notable awards. The plot of the novel revolves around a girl who disappeared under strange circumstances, whose husband, due to the diaries found, became the main suspect in this complicated case. In 2014, based on the book by Gillian, director David Fincher filmed the action-packed thriller Gone Girl with Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike in the lead roles.

By the way, the writer admitted that while working on the novel, she mentally passed all the scenes she had invented through Fincher's lens. Therefore, when the master announced his readiness to take up this picture, Flynn could not come to her senses for a long time:

In 2015, Gillian delighted fans with the book "Someone Adult" and thereby won the Edgar Allan Poe Literary Prize. This story tells about a "clairvoyant" who, taking advantage of people's naivety, makes a living. And, of course, the main character could not miss the opportunity to hit the big jackpot after the story of Susan Burke, who claims to be living in an old house with a creepy neighbor - a sinister spirit.


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Personal life


Although Gillian's writing talent is prone to creepy and psychological stories, in life she is a very smiling and radiant person. At least, she appears as such in interviews with journalists.

Flynn is known to be married to a successful lawyer Brett Nolan. The future husband and wife met in graduate school at Northwestern University. The writer admitted that her husband is her source of inspiration: Brett is the first Gillian reader who knows the plots of the novels even before the official publication of the works. In 2010, the lovers had a son, and in 2014, their daughter Veronica was born.


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Gillian Flynn now


In 2017, director Jean-Marc Vallee will present to viewers a series based on the novel of the same name by Gillian Flynn, Sharp Objects. Amy Adams, Jackson Hirst, Catherine Karlen, Reagan Pasternak and other actors will participate in the shooting.


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Bibliography


Sharp Objects (2006); Dark Secrets (2009); Gone Girl (2012); The Grownup (2014); Someone Adult (2015); "What should I do?" (2015).


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Net Worth


Gillian Flynn 's estimated Net Worth, Salary, Income, Cars, Lifestyles & many more details have been updated below.

Let's check, How Rich is Gillian Flynn in 2021 ?

 

Gillian Flynn Net Worth 2022

Gillian Flynn 's revenue is $ 2M in 2022. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Gillian Flynn and could vary in the range between $ 711.2K - $ 1.3M.

Year Estimation
December 2022 $ 75.2K - $ 102.6K
November 2022 $ 67.1K - $ 154.5K
October 2022 $ 69.8K - $ 126K
September 2022 $ 46K - $ 155.9K
August 2022 $53.4K - $161.5K
July 2022 $78.2K - $138.3K
June 2022 $58.1K - $148.6K
May 2022 $44.5K - $115.7K
April 2022 $48.1K - $156.8K
March 2022 $62.6K - $164K
February 2022 $78.8K - $161K
January 2022 $79.8K - $109.2K

 

Gillian Flynn Net Worth 2021

Gillian Flynn 's revenue is $1.8M in 2021. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Gillian Flynn and could vary in the range between $652K - $1.3M.

Year Estimation
December 2021 $57.7K - $159.5K
November 2021 $75.6K - $95K
October 2021 $55.9K - $153K
September 2021 $73.8K - $158.2K
August 2021 $55.6K - $149.5K
July 2021 $75K - $108.7K
June 2021 $44.3K - $113K
May 2021 $46.3K - $155.9K
April 2021 $76.9K - $94.9K
March 2021 $55.3K - $123.6K
February 2021 $74.5K - $126.2K
January 2021 $49.5K - $145K

 

Gillian Flynn Net Worth 2020

Gillian Flynn 's revenue is $1.9M in 2020. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Gillian Flynn and could vary in the range between $665.5K - $1.1M.

Year Estimation
December 2020 $80.6K - $132.9K
November 2020 $46.3K - $151.1K
October 2020 $63.8K - $131.7K
September 2020 $62.9K - $120.5K
August 2020 $80.8K - $107.4K
July 2020 $54K - $125.1K
June 2020 $42.7K - $123.8K
May 2020 $69.9K - $95.7K
April 2020 $49.5K - $125.9K
March 2020 $60K - $148.6K
February 2020 $44.4K - $144.5K
January 2020 $49.4K - $127K

 

Gillian Flynn Net Worth 2019

Gillian Flynn 's revenue is $1.8M in 2019. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Gillian Flynn and could vary in the range between $788.3K - $1.8M.

Year Estimation
December 2019 $49.8K - $144.4K
November 2019 $56.7K - $108.3K
October 2019 $63.6K - $104.7K
September 2019 $71.7K - $124.3K
August 2019 $78.9K - $123.5K
July 2019 $51.5K - $159.4K
June 2019 $54.7K - $89K
May 2019 $66.5K - $87.4K
April 2019 $62.5K - $159.5K
March 2019 $82.6K - $131.4K
February 2019 $43.2K - $94.9K
January 2019 $50.3K - $100.2K

 

Gillian Flynn Net Worth 2018

Gillian Flynn 's revenue is $2M in 2018. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Gillian Flynn and could vary in the range between $689.3K - $1.5M.

Year Estimation
December 2018 $70K - $111.5K
November 2018 $42K - $109K
October 2018 $62.4K - $100.3K
September 2018 $49.6K - $140.7K
August 2018 $63.5K - $155.2K
July 2018 $49.7K - $109.1K
June 2018 $70.1K - $130.2K
May 2018 $64.8K - $130.6K
April 2018 $63.2K - $164.7K
March 2018 $58.7K - $131.9K
February 2018 $75.2K - $157.9K
January 2018 $77.8K - $142.5K

 

Gillian Flynn Net Worth 2017

Gillian Flynn 's revenue is $1.1M in 2017. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Gillian Flynn and could vary in the range between $928.7K - $1.8M.

Year Estimation
December 2017 $46.1K - $100.2K
November 2017 $72.7K - $144.8K
October 2017 $43.2K - $139.8K
September 2017 $42K - $115.5K
August 2017 $48.3K - $156.2K
July 2017 $69.7K - $153.8K
June 2017 $55.8K - $119.6K
May 2017 $48.3K - $146.6K
April 2017 $41.8K - $143.5K
March 2017 $66.5K - $117.6K
February 2017 $72.5K - $146.2K
January 2017 $44.4K - $141.2K

 

Gillian Flynn Net Worth 2016

Gillian Flynn 's revenue is $1.5M in 2016. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Gillian Flynn and could vary in the range between $646.4K - $1.2M.

Year Estimation
December 2016 $61.3K - $106.5K
November 2016 $46.6K - $84.8K
October 2016 $73.7K - $89.9K
September 2016 $50.6K - $161.6K
August 2016 $43.7K - $97.1K
July 2016 $80.7K - $87.4K
June 2016 $60K - $109.3K
May 2016 $79K - $136.7K
April 2016 $75.5K - $148.3K
March 2016 $82K - $140.1K
February 2016 $56.2K - $157.4K
January 2016 $60.6K - $94.4K

 

It is an overall forecast for the net worth of Gillian Flynn. The evaluation covers the latest 5 years and an approximation for next year. See above to learn how much money does Gillian Flynn makes a year.

The range above shows an estimation based on evaluation generated by public information about sponsorships or other sources found on the internet. It's summarized data from Gillian Flynn's projects existing in AidWiki's repository. It's an approximation of the revenue compiled by AidWiki and may not correspond with the real amount.