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We were bouncing from people’s houses to hotel rooms. Then, after we got our apartment rebuilt, my father died, and the pandemic hit… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4c6ff347459c0001715c21/1650404471132-PUSLUD7O21T3YZMMPLIV/image-asset.png PRESS HERE - 6 Questions for John Searles John Searles is an award-winning author of four thrillers. His second, Strange But True, was adapted into a feature film in 2019, starring Nick Robinson, Amy Ryan, and Brian Cox…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4c6ff347459c0001715c21/1650404459351-3PMI6MFT5IAZC73TLRT6/image-asset.png PRESS HERE - Her Last Affair “Every marriage has its secrets.” This prophetic line opens HER LAST AFFAIR, John Searles’ unnerving new novel. 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As in his previous three novels, John Searles's low-boil plot hinges on slowly but forcefully building suspense, while subtly dropping clues to the characters' psychological makeup… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4c6ff347459c0001715c21/1567806387478-DCKAA3L1MIWE0W6U35BT/Untitled-2.jpg PRESS HERE - People talks STRANGE BUT TRUE By People Magazine John Searles wrote the book Strange But True in 2004 — and now it's been made into a film starring Greg Kinnear and Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood breakout Margaret Qualley… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4c6ff347459c0001715c21/1650504736439-MFBUPPG4CBVNZYX3FZNP/2.png PRESS HERE - Review of ‘Help for the Haunted’ by John Searles By Patrick Anderson John Searles’s fascinating “Help for the Haunted” is all about the Mason family: the parents and their teenage daughters, Sylvie and Rose… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4c6ff347459c0001715c21/1567655523716-919DUP21YY9H9ER2542W/Screen+Shot+2019-09-04+at+8.51.41+PM.png PRESS HERE - Salon.com By Corrie Pikul Part thriller, part mystery, part coming-of-age fable, this story of a high-school quarterback's tragic death -- and a most unlikely pregnancy -- will hold you transfixed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4c6ff347459c0001715c21/1567699377308-ITBJEASTSBHKWE7PHVZX/USA_Today_Logo.svg-1_34cc9382-8d3c-47c0-82ed-9477c3225086_1024x1024.png PRESS HERE - USA Today By Carol Memmott Nancy Bolchalk surprised fellow members of the Roosevelt Book Club in Hubbard, Ohio, when she arranged for author John Searles to talk with them by phone at one of their meetings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4c6ff347459c0001715c21/1567699364555-55UGQ5KX0KJ56628QV0X/USA_Today_Logo.svg-1_34cc9382-8d3c-47c0-82ed-9477c3225086_1024x1024.png PRESS HERE - USA Today By Carol Memmott The best writers of noir fiction slip the dark and unseemly details of life into their novels in the most unlikely places... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4c6ff347459c0001715c21/1567634203302-JB6RRHU4NOQCGHFD8P6N/homepage-imprint-algonquin-logo-color.jpg PRESS HERE - Algonquin Books Blog An interview with John Searles. "How did you, the son of a truck driver, end up becoming an Editor-at-Large for Cosmo? How long have you been working there...?" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4c6ff347459c0001715c21/1567630760630-BW5JZ7MEX39FUQRGRL8P/t_logo_2048_black.png PRESS HERE - The New York Times By Janet Maslin "Strange but True" belongs to the That Terrible Night storytelling genre... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4c6ff347459c0001715c21/1567634199635-SKBDE5POYXFA4NDLJ8T0/mb.jpg PRESS HERE - Media Bistro By David S. Hirschman Writing novels by night, editing Cosmo's book excerpts by day, and navigating between the two. https://www.john-searles.com/media-here daily 0.75 2025-12-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4c6ff347459c0001715c21/1766609975806-VR5JM32FH74PPRIFHRWE/image-asset.jpeg MEDIA HERE - Cozy up With These Book Recommendations for the Holidays! Bestselling author John Searles joins TODAY to share his top book recommendations for what to read during the holidays. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4c6ff347459c0001715c21/1720639621041-OVJYF0Q9ZPIOD8O379C2/image-asset.jpeg MEDIA HERE - John Searles joins TODAY to share his list of must-read books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4c6ff347459c0001715c21/1766609975806-VR5JM32FH74PPRIFHRWE/image-asset.jpeg MEDIA HERE - Cozy up With These Book Recommendations for the Holidays! Bestselling author John Searles joins TODAY to share his top book recommendations for what to read during the holidays. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4c6ff347459c0001715c21/1736555856990-2CNZW0Z8ZIUCA0AA34AC/image-asset.jpeg MEDIA HERE - John shares his favorite winter book recs on TODAY... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4c6ff347459c0001715c21/1720639999475-NC9DE8D0ZDEL10DAZO4K/image-asset.png MEDIA HERE - John joins TODAY to share his list of must-read books for summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4c6ff347459c0001715c21/1686620190877-MLNTURKXQ3IOQSQF0TP9/image-asset.jpeg MEDIA HERE - John Searles on HER LAST AFFAIR and Summer Reading 2033 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4c6ff347459c0001715c21/1686069923463-6YJHQLXD9IF8GX60WLVX/image-asset.jpeg MEDIA HERE - Interview with Carol Anne Riddell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4c6ff347459c0001715c21/1654698649357-DKFTHLXG40YCNEGWMV2D/image-asset.jpeg MEDIA HERE - The Today Show https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4c6ff347459c0001715c21/1650507370389-FO5K3OG8YHF9AHG8Z2PK/image-asset.png MEDIA HERE - Good Day New York https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4c6ff347459c0001715c21/1650507744266-UB4SZT8W3VEDASPB8915/image-asset.png MEDIA HERE - HER LAST AFFAIR Launch with Amy Ryan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4c6ff347459c0001715c21/1650507212857-KVQV6N7KFG233WUD9A58/image-asset.png MEDIA HERE - HER LAST AFFAIR Trailer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4c6ff347459c0001715c21/1650506876099-RFQ2DC1X9A0EM9NI9V02/image-asset.png MEDIA HERE - Abandoned Theatres https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4c6ff347459c0001715c21/1650506899576-4IOS4I9VSLJ7QHQ3MLK4/image-asset.png MEDIA HERE - Bad Reviews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4c6ff347459c0001715c21/1567699584455-G1ORL1WF8K5798NVTGY8/Screen+Shot+2019-09-05+at+9.05.36+AM.png MEDIA HERE - Meet the Author: Breakfast with John Searles Created by BiblioCommons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4c6ff347459c0001715c21/1650505522840-BX8WAR0P8VR6TN82B7TA/image-asset.jpeg MEDIA HERE - 'Help for the Haunted' a scary read for the season https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4c6ff347459c0001715c21/1567652806448-T7D0YK1ETPLKRVMWQQZH/p17173598_v_h10_aa.jpg MEDIA HERE - STRANGE BUT TRUE Trailer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4c6ff347459c0001715c21/1567699796544-R37OF1JRW91LM14Y1JKX/Screen+Shot+2019-09-05+at+9.09.42+AM.png MEDIA HERE - HELP FOR THE HAUNTED by John Searles Created by William Morrow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4c6ff347459c0001715c21/1568217488715-8D099H5QS3BR9SN5DK4X/Screen+Shot+2019-09-11+at+8.56.52+AM.png MEDIA HERE - Author JOHN SEARLES discusses the movie to his popular novel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4c6ff347459c0001715c21/1568217471937-D1D4I6HY65BX4RNKLF47/Screen+Shot+2019-09-11+at+8.57.32+AM.png MEDIA HERE - Ruby the Dog presents Help for the Haunted Created by William Morrow https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d4c6ff347459c0001715c21/5d77d5fb1c821c3b8cc2d484/6260b9dd8c1d2778331f4d56/1765752805435/ MEDIA HERE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4c6ff347459c0001715c21/1686622460115-ZU9JHORGCCJN8BCXHHW2/image-asset.jpeg MEDIA HERE - 'Help for the Haunted' a scary read for the season https://www.john-searles.com/articles daily 0.75 2019-09-12 https://www.john-searles.com/articles-here-1 daily 0.75 2026-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4c6ff347459c0001715c21/1773100766436-ZUISCKP9CLRH3A1EOA97/image-asset.jpeg ARTICLES HERE - Want to Know Where to Find True Romance? 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