Rene Denfeld is a bestselling author, licensed death row investigator, and foster adoptive mother. She is the author of the novels The Butterfly Girl, The Child Finder, and The Enchanted. Her novels have won numerous awards, including the French Prix du Premier Roman Etranger, and the New York Times named her a 2017 hero of the year. She lives in Portland, Oregon.
“A heartbreaking, finger-gnawing, and yet ultimately hopeful novel by the amazing Rene Denfeld.” -- Margaret Atwood, via Twitter“Denfeld summons the lives of abandoned girls in frank, matter-of-fact detail, never glossing over the filth or violence or the myriad ways in which society lets them down. But ultimately The Butterfly Girl is a crime novel with a murderer on the loose. In the final pages, Denfeld speeds up the narrative, creating a propulsive denouement.” -- New York Times"Denfeld reminds us that storytelling remains one of the most powerful means we have of confronting our darkest human impulses, and sometimes overcoming them." -- Washington PostIn the hands of Denfeld, The Butterfly Girl is a crime thriller built upon redemption. A survivor of trauma who was herself homeless as a young girl in Portland, Ore., Denfeld knows the harsh truths of her book's world. . . . Amid a steady supply of darkness, The Butterfly Girl still has room for light. -- Los Angeles Times"Denfeld tells her twinned stories with a remarkable sense of calm and forbearance in prose that is close to lyrical." -- Toronto Star"[M]arvelously done, and Denfeld's characters . . . are human in the best sense of the word -- humorous, loving, scared and easily rooted for." -- Datebook"Equal parts chilling, tragic and hopeful, Rene Denfeld's new novel combines her haunting, lyrical prose with a page-turning and harrowing mystery, putting The Butterfly Girl into a league of its own. Fans of The Child Finder will devour this." -- Mary Kubica, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Good Girl“The Butterfly Girl is a beautiful and very moving novel about lost souls. This heart-stopping thriller left me breathless.” -- Shari Lapena, bestselling author of The Couple Next Door
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