Hallie Ephron books

Hallie Ephron is an American crime fiction author and writing teacher whose five-time Mary Higgins Clark Award-nominated standalone thrillers, co-authored Dr. Peter Zak forensic mysteries, and Edgar-nominated craft guide Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel have made her a prominent figure in American crime fiction.
Author · Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller · Psychological Thriller · Writing Craft

Anthologies

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Undertow 2003 Buy
Shattering Glass 2020 Buy

Dr. Peter Zak Reading Order

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Amnesia 2000 Buy
Addiction 2001 Buy
Delusion 2002 Buy
Obsessed 2003 Buy
Guilt 2005 Buy

Everything Reading Order

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Everything Pasta Book 1997 Buy
Everything Etiquette Book 1997 Buy
Everything Trivia Book 1999 Buy
The Everything TV and Movie Trivia Mini Book 2001 Buy
Everything Tall Tales LegendsOther Outrageous Lies 2001 Buy
The Everything Baby’s First Year Book 2002 Buy
The Everything Candlemaking Book 2002 Buy
The Everything Philosophy Book 2002 Buy
The Everything Soup Cookbook 2002 Buy
The Everything Thai Cookbook 2002 Buy
The Everything Hypnosis Book 2003 Buy
The Everything Fishing Book 2003 Buy
The Everything Psychic Book 2003 Buy
The Everything Bachelorette Party Book 2003 Buy
The Everything Fundraising Book 2003 Buy
The Everything Father Of The Bride Book 2004 Buy
The Everything Indian Cookbook 2004 Buy
The Everything Irish History & Heritage Book 2004 Buy
Everything Elopement 2004 Buy
The Everything Reiki Book 2004 Buy
The Everything Bible Book 2004 Buy
The Everything American Government Book 2004 Buy
The Everything Sewing Book 2004 Buy
The Everything Poodle Book 2004 Buy
The Everything Fondue Cookbook 2004 Buy
The Everything Wedding Book 2004 Buy
The Everything Casino Gambling Book 2004 Buy
The Everything Card Games Book 2004 Buy
The Everything Mother Of The Bride Book 2004 Buy
The Everything Cartooning Book 2004 Buy
The Everything Meals For A Month Cookbook 2005 Buy
The Everything Cryptograms Book 2005 Buy
The Everything Wine Book 2005 Buy
The Everything Health Guide To Controlling Anxiety 2005 Buy
The Everything Homeselling Book 2005 Buy
The Everything Craps Strategy Book 2005 Buy
The Everything Tarot Book 2006 Buy
The Everything Tex-Mex Cookbook 2006 Buy
The Everything Chihuahua Book 2006 Buy
The Everything Boxer Book 2006 Buy
The Everything Lateral Thinking Puzzles Book 2006 Buy
The Everything Fondue Party Book 2006 Buy
The Everything Wedding Organizer 2006 Buy
The Everything Quick and Easy 30 Minute, 5-Ingredient Cookbook 2006 Buy
The Everything Destination Wedding Book 2006 Buy
The Everything Coin Collecting Book 2006 Buy
The Everything Managing People Book 2006 Buy
The Everything Spells and Charms Book 2007 Buy
The Everything Career Tests Book 2007 Buy
The Everything Parent’s Guide To Childhood Illnesses 2007 Buy
The Everything Guide To Personal Finance For Single Mothers Book 2007 Buy
The Everything American Presidents Book 2007 Buy
The Everything No Trans Fats Cookbook 2007 Buy
The Everything Pizza Cookbook 2007 Buy
The Everything Saints Book 2007 Buy
The Everything Bible Study Book 2007 Buy
The Everything Family Guide to the Walt Disney World Resort, Universal Studios, and Greater Orlando 2007 Buy
The Everything Guide to Pregnancy Over 35 2007 Buy
The Everything Get Ready for Baby Book 2007 Buy
The Everything Love Spells Book 2007 Buy
The Everything Low-Cholesterol Cookbook 2007 Buy
The Everything Low-Fat, High-Flavor Cookbook 2008 Buy
The Everything Wicca and Witchcraft Book 2008 Buy
The Everything Guide to C.S. Lewis & Narnia Book 2008 Buy
The Everything Grammar and Style Book 2008 Buy
The Everything Meals on a Budget Cookbook 2008 Buy
The Everything Leadership Book 2008 Buy
The Everything Digital Photography Book 2008 Buy
The Everything Human Resource Management Book 2008 Buy
The Everything Project Management Book 2008 Buy
The Everything Public Speaking Book 2008 Buy
The Everything Job Interview Book 2008 Buy
The Everything Guide to Mortgages Book 2008 Buy
The Everything Dog Grooming Book 2008 Buy
The Everything Food Allergy Cookbook 2008 Buy
The Everything Parent’s Guide to Raising Your Adopted Child 2008 Buy
The Everything Healthy Cooking for Parties 2008 Buy
The Everything Superfoods Book 2008 Buy
The Everything Horse Book 2008 Buy
The Everything German Phrase Book 2008 Buy
The Everything Vampire Book 2008 Buy
The Everything Self-Hypnosis Book 2008 Buy
The Everything Homebuying Book 2008 Buy
The Everything Cake Mix Cookbook 2009 Buy
The Everything Guide to a Happy Marriage 2009 Buy
The Everything Guide to Cooking for Children with Autism 2009 Buy
The Everything One-Pot Cookbook 2009 Buy
The Everything New Puppy Book 2009 Buy
The Everything Ghost Hunting Book 2009 Buy
The Everything Soup, Stew, and Chili Cookbook 2009 Buy
The Everything Investing Book 2009 Buy
The Everything Potluck Cookbook 2009 Buy
The Everything Start Your Own Consulting Business Book 2009 Buy
The Everything Guide to Writing Nonfiction 2009 Buy
The Everything Almost Homemade Cookbook 2009 Buy
The Everything Groom Book 2010 Buy
The Everything Travel Guide to Ireland 2010 Buy
The Everything Juicing Book 2010 Buy
The Everything Healthy College Cookbook 2010 Buy
The Everything Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook 2010 Buy
The Everything Economics Book 2010 Buy
The Everything Family Christmas Book 2010 Buy
The Everything Psychology Book 2010 Buy
The Everything Guide to Writing Your First Novel 2010 Buy
The Everything Fertility Book 2010 Buy
The Everything Cancer-Fighting Cookbook 2010 Buy
The Everything Pie Cookbook 2011 Buy
The Everything Guide to Evidence of the Afterlife 2011 Buy
The Everything Anti-Inflammation Diet Book 2011 Buy
The Everything Easy Cleanse Book 2011 Buy
The Everything Parent’s Guide to Raising Girls 2011 Buy
The Everything Body Language Book 2011 Buy
The Everything Guide to Study Skills 2011 Buy
The Everything Guide to Raising a Toddler 2011 Buy
The Everything Theodore Roosevelt Book 2011 Buy
The Everything Guide to Preventing Heart Disease 2011 Buy
The Everything Guide to Narcissistic Personality Disorder 2011 Buy
The Everything Coconut Diet Cookbook 2011 Buy
The Everything Guide to Reiki 2011 Buy
The Everything Kama Sutra Book 2011 Buy
Everything Pilates ) 2011 Buy
The Everything Kabbalah Book 2011 Buy
The Everything Guide to Ayurveda 2011 Buy
The Everything Guide to a Healthy Home 2012 Buy
The Everything Couponing Book 2012 Buy
The Everything Indian Slow Cooker Cookbook 2012 Buy
The Everything Paleolithic Diet Slow Cooker Cookbook 2012 Buy
The Everything Essential German Book 2013 Buy
The Everything Hard Cider Book 2013 Buy
The Everything Chinese Cookbook 2013 Buy
The Everything Guide to the Introvert Edge 2013 Buy
The Everything Weeknight Paleo Cookbook 2013 Buy
The Everything Essential French Book 2014 Buy
The Everything Guide To Overcoming PTSD 2014 Buy
The Everything Gluten-Free Breakfast and Brunch Cookbook 2014 Buy
The Everything Easy Mexican Cookbook 2014 Buy
The Everything Easy French Cookbook 2014 Buy
The Everything Easy Asian Cookbook 2015 Buy
The Everything Guide To Integrative Pain Management 2015 Buy
The Everything Guide to Spices for Health 2015 Buy
The Everything Dutch Oven Cookbook 2016 Buy
The Everything Ketogenic Diet Cookbook 2017 Buy
The Everything Guide To Lyme Disease 2018 Buy
The Everything Easy Instant Pot® Cookbook 2018 Buy
The Everything Guide to Sports Betting 2019 Buy
The Everything Tabletop Games Book 2019 Buy
The Everything Gluten-Free & Dairy-Free Cookbook 2019 Buy
The Everything Mediterranean Instant Pot® Cookbook 2020 Buy
The Everything Macro Diet Cookbook 2020 Buy
The Everything Plant-Based Meal Prep Cookbook 2020 Buy
The Everything Gluten-Free & Dairy-Free Baking Cookbook 2021 Buy
The Everything Guide to Remote Work 2022 Buy
The Everything Learning Russian Book, 2nd Edition 2024 Buy
The Everything Music Theory Book, 3rd Edition 2025 Buy
The Everything Restaurant Copycat Recipes Cookbook 2025 Buy

Non-Fiction

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Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel 2005 Buy
1001 Books for Every Mood 2008 Buy
The Bibliophile’s Devotional 2009 Buy

Short Stories/Novellas

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Photoplay 2015 Buy

Standalone Novels

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Never Tell a Lie 2009 Buy
Come and Find Me 2011 Buy
There Was an Old Woman 2013 Buy
Night Night, Sleep Tight 2015 Buy
You’ll Never Know, Dear 2017 Buy
Careful What You Wish For 2019 Buy

Hallie Ephron belongs to a family defined by storytelling — her sisters include Nora, Amy, and Delia Ephron — and she built her own career in crime fiction across more than two decades, first as a co-author and book reviewer and then as a novelist in her own right. She wrote a long-running crime fiction review column for the Boston Globe and won the Ellen Nehr Award for Excellence in Mystery Reviewing, positions that gave her an unusually thorough understanding of the genre she was working in.

Her standalone novels, beginning with Never Tell a Lie (2009), were multiple-times nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award. Several draw on settings close to home — suburban Boston, the world of vintage Hollywood, New England family dynamics — and most center on women who discover that the lives they thought they knew contained buried secrets. Never Tell a Lie was adapted for the Lifetime Movie Network. Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel (2005), her craft guide, was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical Work and has a revised edition with a foreword by Sara Paretsky.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Hallie Ephron written?

Hallie Ephron has written 172 books across six series.

What was Hallie Ephron's first book?

Hallie Ephron’s first book is Everything Etiquette Book, published in 1997.

What is Hallie Ephron's Dr. Peter Zak series?

The Dr. Peter Zak series was co-written with forensic neuropsychologist Donald Davidoff under the pseudonym G.H. Ephron. Dr. Zak is a physician and forensic neuropsychologist at a fictional psychiatric center, and the five books — Amnesia (2000) through Guilt (2005) — draw on Davidoff’s real experience consulting as an expert witness in criminal cases. The series is grounded in genuine forensic neurology in a way that distinguishes it from most crime fiction.

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