Meet Lina Connerly

Richmond introduces a tough and spirited new protagonist, FBI Agent Lina Connerly, in this exhilarating race to save Silicon Valley teens from their own parents’ ambition and greed.

“A gripping blend of danger and sharp social commentary on high-stakes education, the 1%, and suburban tropes” — Booklist, starred review

“A two-in-one winner: a gripping thriller set in a Stepford-esque California suburb, and a story of surviving loss and building family bonds.” — Library Journal, starred review

Michelle Richmond grew up on Alabama’s Gulf Coast and makes her home in Northern California. She has also lived in Paris, the inspiration for her new novel.

Michelle is the New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of seven novels and two story collections. Her books include psychological thrillers, suburban suspense, literary mysteries, and award-winning short stories. Her novels have been published in 31 languages.

She is the recipient of the Truman Capote Prize for Alabama’s Distinguished Writer of the Short story, the Hall-Waters Prize for Excellence in Southern Writing, the Grace Paley Prize for Fiction, and the Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize. In 2023 she was inducted into the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame.

How far would you go to save your marriage?

The Sunday Times bestselling psychological thriller about commitment and control, available in 31 languages.

“A smart, searing, frightening look at modern love.” —Today

“Gripping, thought-provoking, and irresistible..” —Dean Koontz

Newlyweds Jake and Alice are offered membership in an exclusive society that promises members will never divorce. Signing The Pact seems the ideal start to their marriage. Then one of them breaks the rules.

The New York Times bestseller about memory, obsession, and one woman’s search for a missing child.

“Profound, deeply moving, endlessly gripping; you will devour it in a weekend and turn it over to begin again.” —Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Less

Six-year-old Emma vanished into the thick San Francisco fog. Or into the heaving Pacific. Or somewhere just beyond.

Devastated by guilt, haunted by her fears about becoming a stepmother, Abby refuses to believe that Emma is dead. And so she searches for clues about what happened that morning—and cannot stop the flood of memories reaching from her own childhood to illuminate that irreversible moment on the beach.

Twenty years after the death of her sister, a math prodigy at Stanford, Ellie sets out to uncover the truth.

“An intelligent, emotionally convincing tale about a family tragedy and the process of storytelling.” -The Boston Globe

“Heartbreaking and compelling…a thoroughly riveting literary mystery.” —Booklist, starred review

Could California Secede?

The state of California votes on secession in the wake of a divisive presidential election in this gripping, prescient novel of marriage, family, and social upheaval set in modern-day San Francisco.

“Richmond is in top form, and has made a book of exquisite grace.” —Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Less

Hum: Stories

A collection of eleven stories that examine love, lust, and loyalty from surprising angles, with a foreword by Rikki Ducornet.

“Hum is disquieting and masterful, emblematic of a book given over to the study of couplings come undone…these stories are wonderfully strange, a strangeness both compelling and convincing.” —Rikki Ducornet

“You can’t hide from Michelle Richmond. She knows your secrets, she gets under your skin…an exceptional collection.” —Peter Orner, author of Last Car Over the Sagamore Bridge

A journey up the Yangtze River and back in time

My debut novel, inspired by my time living and working in Beijing

“Some childhood relationships are so fulfilling they shape our lives and leave us wondering why they didn’t last longer. Richmond captures, explores, and intertwines these bonds so elegantly, you might even think the relationships are your own.” —USA Today

Winner of the Grace Paley Prize for Fiction

“The stories in Michelle Richmond’s debut collection spin artfully off the life of a single character. Smart & adept.” —The New York Times Book Review

“This collection of brief sketches alternating with longer fictions has a novel’s heft, as characters who are just names in one story emerge to take center stage in another. These women’s lives are shaped by fate and by place, forces hauntingly evoked by this talented young writer.” —The Boston Globe