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Pip Drysdale

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    • The Close-Up
    • The Next Girl
    • The Paris Affair
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Pip Drysdale is an Australian author, musician and actor. She grew up in Africa, Canada, and Australia, became an adult in New York and London, and lives on a steady diet of coffee, dreams, and literature. All four of her books – The Sunday Girl, The Strangers We Know, The Paris Affair and The Next Girl – have been bestsellers in Australia. And her latest book, The Close-Up is out in November in Australia/NZ and December in the US and Canada. She lives in Sydney.

 

 


 

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Storyteller. Rep’d by @creativeartistsagency - ‘The Close-Up’ out now!
📍Sydney

I got a typewriter!!! Totally impractical, took me I got a typewriter!!! Totally impractical, took me a good hour to figure out how to make it work, but I LOVE it already. And… I started the sequel to the book that comes out next March. 💘 #pipdrysdale #lettera22 #newbook
Yesterday, I handed in the rewrite of my next book Yesterday, I handed in the rewrite of my next book… so now I get to read, drink coffee, listen to the rain, pray for thunder and mess around with the new Instagram filters (and dream about the sequel). #pipdrysdale #writerlife
Final morning in Tuscany… the most beautiful, fu Final morning in Tuscany… the most beautiful, funny (and eventful) week I’ve had in ages. Snippets to come. And I think I may have solved my current draft’s major issue. Maybe. Hopefully. We’ll see… ☕️🪄 #pipdrysdale #newbook
So much fun chatting to @sarafosterauthor at @bett So much fun chatting to @sarafosterauthor at @betterreadingau for our Authors on Authors chat… you can watch it through the Better Reading Facebook page 💘 #pipdrysdale #sarafosterauthor
It’s that time of year again! The wonderful peop It’s that time of year again! The wonderful people at @betterreadingau are putting together their yearly Top 100 list. So, if you read ‘The Close-Up’ and loved it, please go and vote for it at the link in my bio. You could win in a bunch of books, but good karma is guaranteed… link in bio. Thank you!! 💘 #thecloseup #pipdrysdale @harpercollinsaustralia
Thanks so much to @britandco for including ‘The Thanks so much to @britandco for including ‘The Close-Up’ on this list! Love White Lotus (and a great list overall!) 💘 #pipdrysdale #thecloseup @gallerybooks @harpercollinsaustralia @simonschusterca
Thank you so much to Doreen Sheridan and @crime_hq Thank you so much to Doreen Sheridan and @crime_hq  for this fantastic and deeply insightful review. 📚 Ps. Sorry I scrolled so fast in video but full link in bio. 💘

“A paean to both Los Angeles and writing, this is the perfect book for anyone who enjoys either. The Close-Up beautifully melds a classic Hollywood thriller with a delightfully modern feat of metafiction, as Zoe works out her story on the page.” – Doreen Sheridan, Criminal Element

@mbc_books @gallerybooks @harpercollinsaustralia @simonschusterca #pipdrysdale #thecloseup
Thank you so much 💘 Posted @withregram • @meg Thank you so much 💘 Posted @withregram • @megkeene *The photographic negative of a romance novel, set in grungy, sexy, cool Los Angeles.*

✨Thank you for your continued participation in My Dark January✨ (great title for a novel BTW), where I read thrillers and horror and an occasional lit fic novel about a murder. Look. Those are the vibes right now, I don’t make the rules.

Today’s thriller is The Close-Up, @pipdrysdale’s debut novel, which I read in one day. It’s that kind of book. 

This propulsive psychological thriller, set in seedy sexy LA (which for the record is my favorite LA). Zoe Ann Weiss is a thriller writer with one failed novel behind her, along with a failed fling with Zach, a once bartender, now a-list star. (Nothing is more depressing than the shitty trajectory of your career than… that PLUS the guy who ghosted you being the hottest movie star around.)

When Zoe runs into Zack doing floral deliveries for her day job, they start up a new fling. But suddenly a stalker is acting out the steps from Zoe’s thriller, starting by leaving a bloody heart on her windshield. The problem is, the thriller she wrote ends in death… will Zoe’s fling kill her?

This book has all the required twists and turns and nail biting reversals of a thriller. But it’s smart and feminist, and has strong prose and great character work. (Bonus points in my book: it had great writing about writing.)

Pick up The Close-Up when you need to escape from the world, or you have a plane ride that you need to go buy in a flash, or when you want to lounge on the edge of the pool flipping pages at the speed of light. (A pool sounds nice right about now, while we’re at it.) @mbc_books @gallerybooks @harpercollinsaustralia @simonschusterca #pipdrysdale #thecloseup 

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A million thanks to The Cullman Times for this ama A million thanks to The Cullman Times for this amazing review. Link to full review is in my bio. 💘 #pipdrysdale #thecloseup @gallerybooks @harpercollinsaustralia @simonschusterca
So … please please please vote for ‘The Close- So … please please please vote for ‘The Close-Up’ at the linktree in my bio for @dymocksbooks Top 101 - or if you don’t vote for me, please vote for one of my fab and talented friends? You could win one of 5 vouchers for $101, but you’ll definitely accrue some good karma. Closes Feb 3. Ps if searching for ‘The Close-Up’ make sure to use the hyphen or the site won’t find it 💘 #thecloseup #pipdrysdale #newthrillerbook @harpercollinsaustralia
I have a looming deadline at the moment so am deep I have a looming deadline at the moment so am deep in my writer’s cave mainlining carbs, but beyond thrilled to see ‘The Close-Up’ on this list! Love @shereadsdotcom and love @gareindeedreads—thank you so much! 💘 #thecloseup #pipdrysdale #newthrillerbook @gallerybooks @mbc_books @simonschusterca @harpercollinsaustralia
Thank you so much to Oline Cogdill and @shelf.awar Thank you so much to Oline Cogdill and @shelf.awareness for this wonderful review of ‘The Close-Up’!!💘

“Pip Drysdale's The Close-Up is a brisk, clever story of stalled ambition, celebrity worship, and betrayal.” – Oline Cogdill, Shelf Awareness

#thecloseup #pipdrysdale #newthrillerbook @mbc_books @gallerybooks @simonschusterca @harpercollinsaustralia
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