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New York Times Bestselling Author

Frye Daniels

Young adult psychological thrillers with teeth.

Frye Daniels writes page-turning young adult psychological thrillers about buried secrets, dangerous friendships, obsession, and the quiet lie that finally explodes. She lives in a cozy, overstuffed home with 29 cats, too many books, and the kind of coffee mug that never stays empty for long.

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My Books

Five addictive reads for the emotionally unstable girls, the overthinkers, the secret-keepers, and anyone who knows that “everything is fine” is usually the first lie.

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The Quiet Between Us

One summer. One disappearance. One truth nobody wanted spoken out loud.

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Dead Girls Leave Notes

When the wrong diary surfaces, loyalty turns feral and the dead stop staying quiet.

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Halcyon Hall

A forgotten school, a locked wing, and a history that remembers everything.

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We Never Saw Her Again

After a lake house weekend goes wrong, friendship starts to look a lot like evidence.

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The Last Sleepover

Three girls. One room. Too many secrets to make it to sunrise clean.

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About the Author

A little weird. A lot obsessed.

Frye Daniels

Frye Daniels is a fictional bestselling author created as a portfolio mockup for a bookish personal-brand site. Her stories live in the space between obsession and intimacy: private schools with ugly histories, sleepovers with consequences, friendships that rot from the inside, and girls who keep notes nobody was supposed to find.

She writes with a cinematic eye, a soft spot for emotionally messy heroines, and a complete inability to stop adopting stray cats. The official count is 29. The cats would argue it is a collective editorial staff.

YA Psychological Thrillers New York Times Bestseller 29 Cats Book Club Favorite

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