ELLE WILD grew up in a dark, rambling farmhouse in the wilds of Canada where there was nothing to do but read Edgar Allan Poe and watch PBS mysteries. She is an award-winning short filmmaker and the former writer/host of the radio program Wide Awake on CBC Radio One. Her short fiction has been published in Ellery Queen Magazine and her articles have appeared in The Toronto Star, Georgia Straight, and Westender. Wilds debut novel, Strange Things Done, won the Arthur Ellis Award 2015 for Best Unpublished First Crime Novel, and was shortlisted in multiple contests internationally. Recently returned from the U.K., Wild currently resides on an island in the Salish Sea named after the bones of dead whales.
Genres: Mystery
Elle Wild recommends
The Almost Wife (2021)
Gail Anderson-Dargatz
"Set amidst the cloistered forests of Manitoulin Island and the windswept shores of Lake Huron, The Almost Wife capitalizes on the remote backdrop of Northern Ontario to set the scene for a story of psychological isolation and family secrets. In the modern age of gaslighting, The Almost Wife is a timely psychological thriller that explores the themes of family, memory, and identity. Anderson-Dargatz is at the top of her game. This is a complex and layered work that turns a seemingly simple tale of jealousy on its head and causes the reader to question everything."
The Day She Died (2021)
S M Freedman
"The Day She Died is a tightly crafted psychological thriller that explores the themes of memory, perspective, identity, and whether we can ever escape the past. A blend of Elizabeth is Missing and the film Memento, Freedman lures the reader into a dark labyrinth of suspicion that ultimately causes you to question everything."
Visitors also looked at these authors
