Order of Megan Miranda Books

In the world of modern psychological thrillers, where secrets are currency and every chapter is a trapdoor, Megan Miranda has carved a name in steel. Born in New Jersey in 1982, Miranda grew up with a love of science and stories—two disciplines that demand curiosity, precision, and an unrelenting hunger to understand the human condition. That blend, it turns out, is also the perfect formula for constructing haunting, tightly-wound suspense novels where no one—and nothing—is what it seems.

She attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she earned a degree in Biology. Yes, that MIT. Before turning to writing full-time, she taught high school science. You can sense her scientific roots in the way she builds her books: each plot is an experiment in isolation, memory, trauma, and survival. She dissects the psyche with the precision of a biologist and the dread of a poet, creating characters that feel like they could live next door—until they go missing.

Her transition into writing wasn’t born of literary pedigree or a long-held childhood dream. It was sparked during her maternity leave, a time often filled with diapers and naps, but for Miranda, also bursting with fiction. That spark quickly became an inferno. She debuted in the young adult thriller space with Fracture in 2012, but soon crossed into adult fiction where she truly hit her stride. Her breakout novel, All the Missing Girls (2016), flipped the mystery format on its head by telling the story in reverse—because of course she did. What better way to unsettle readers than to start at the end?

Miranda now lives in North Carolina with her husband and two children, and she continues to write from a place of quiet tension, often setting her novels in small towns that feel just a little too quiet. Her books are soaked in atmosphere—woods you don’t want to enter, houses you shouldn’t trust, and friendships that might kill you. Her mastery lies in the creeping dread, in the ordinary settings where the extraordinary, the unthinkable, and the haunting take root.

Her recurring themes? Memory loss, unreliable narrators, secrets buried under years of silence, and women pushed to the brink. Megan Miranda doesn’t just write thrillers. She writes psychological mazes—and dares you to find your way out.

No, she’s not dead. In fact, she’s very much alive—and just might be plotting her next twist as you read this. With each book, she deepens her hold on the genre, cementing her place alongside the likes of Gillian Flynn and Paula Hawkins. But make no mistake—Miranda is her own brand of fear.

So if you think you’ve figured out the ending?
Think again.
Miranda always has one more trick up her sleeve.