About the Author

Kathleen Hale is the author of two young adult novels and an essay collection. She has written for the Guardian, Hazlitt and Vice. A graduate of Harvard, she is also a writer and producer for Outer Banks on Netflix.

Reviews

A compelling yet harrowing read that reveals how a seemingly innocent childhood friendship could lead to such a devastating outcome.
*Daily Mail*

One of the best true crime books of the year
*Crimereads*

Book of the week
*People magazine*

[Of the author's earlier work Kathleen Hale is a Crazy Stalker] Reminiscent of David Foster Wallace and Jon Ronson
*Jesse Eisenberg*

Kathleen Hale's Slenderman is a haunting, powerful, accomplished and necessary book that is impossible to put down
*Sonia Faleiro, author of The Good Girls*