Kimberly McCreight is an American author best known for Reconstructing Amelia, a mystery about a mother who questions the official story of her teenage daughter's death. McCreight followed it with the adult mysteries Where They Found Her, A Good Marriage, and Friends Like These, and also wrote The Outliers, a young adult trilogy made up of The Outliers, The Scattering, and The Collide. Reconstructing Amelia was nominated for the Edgar, Anthony, and Alex Awards, and both A Good Marriage and Friends Like These are slated for television adaptations.
