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Brenda Novak

Brenda Novak and her husband, Ted, live in Sacramento and are the proud parents of five children—three girls and two boys. When she's not spending time with her family or writing, Brenda is usually working on her annual fundraiser for diabetes research. Brenda's novels have made The New York Times- and USA Today-bestseller lists and won many awards, including three Rita nominations, the Book Buyer's Best, the Book Seller's Best and the National Reader's Choice Award. Brenda is the author of the Dr. Evelyn Talbot Novels, including Hello Again and Her Darkest Nightmare.

Face Off: New Excerpt

By Brenda Novak

Face Off by New York Times-bestselling author Brenda Novak is the next installment of Dr. Evelyn Talbot and her murderous home for psychopaths. Tortured and left for dead at 16, Evelyn Talbot turned her personal nightmare into her life’s work―studying the disturbing psychopathy of some of the world’s most vicious serial killers. Now a leading…

Are you a psychopath?

Are YOU a Psychopath?

By Brenda Novak

September 28, 2017

Dr. Evelyn Talbot, the psychiatrist heroine of my suspense series—which began with Hanover House and Her Darkest Nightmare and now continues with Hello Again on October 3—studies psychopaths at a remote facility in Alaska. Creating this unusual prison where so many inmates are serial killers has been a fascinating project for me, probably because Evelyn’s…

Hello Again by Brenda Novak

Brenda Novak Excerpt: Hello Again

By Brenda Novak

September 25, 2017

Hello Again by Brenda Novak is the second book in the Dr. Evelyn Talbot series (available October 3, 2017). Evelyn Talbot, a psychiatrist at a maximum-security prison in Alaska, studies some of the world's worst serial killers. But she’s about to meet her most elusive patient at Hanover House yet: Dr. Lyman Bishop, AKA the…

10 Surprising Facts About Serial Killers

By Brenda Novak

August 30, 2016

Developing a good novel requires research—a lot of it. The reading I do before I start to write helps me understand different places, cultures, and people so I can create a more believable world for my readers. One challenge I faced with Her Darkest Nightmare (and the previous book in the Evelyn Talbot Chronicles, Hanover…

Hanover House: New Audio Excerpt

By Brenda Novak

February 18, 2016

Hanover House by Brenda Novak is the prequel to the upcoming Evelyn Talbot Chronicles, introducing psychiatrist Evelyn Talbot who opens a revolutionary medical health center in Hilltop, Alaska to study the behavior of some of the most dangerous psychopaths in the world—to the dismay of the people of Hilltop, including Sergeant Amarok. Welcome to Hanover…

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