MEET DAVID JAMES PARR
David James Parr was born on a cul-de-sac in central Ohio and grew up on a farm in rural Pennsylvania, where he learned how to spell "cul-de-sac" and how to mispronounce "rural", respectively. He started writing short stories at an early age and majored in creative writing at The Ohio State University. He is a three-time winner of The Tennessee Williams Prize for Short Fiction, a semifinalist for The O’Neill Playwrights Conference, and a two-time finalist at The Austin Film Festival’s Playwrighting Competition. David currently lives and works in Manhattan.
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The Thing With Annie
On the verge of 17, introverted Veronica "Ronnie" Miller flees with her mom to the rural town of Brilliant, Illinois to escape their troubled past. Intensely shy, Ronnie has difficulty adapting to her new life until she meets another outsider, the recently expelled Annie Sommers, igniting an intense friendship sparked by secrets, fueled by mystery, and torched by betrayal. When Ronnie's dangerous past catches up to her, she turns to Annie for help. Annie, however, has plans of her own.
From award-winning author David James Parr comes The Thing About Annie, a gripping psychological thriller that delves into the complex landscape of memory, trauma, and the devastating cost of silence. Oscillating between the mid-1990s and present-day Chicago, this haunting tale follows the journey of a woman unraveling the truth about her fraught teenage friendship that transformed her small-town adolescence—and left scars that linger even decades later.
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