About

Carla Norton is an award-winning novelist and best-selling true crime writer. Her debut fiction, The Edge of Normal, is coming soon as a feature film, starring Chloe Grace Moretz and Rupert Friend.

The Edge of Normal was a Thriller Award finalist and Royal Palm Literary Award winner. The sequel, What Doesn't Kill Her (titled Hunted in the U.K.) won the 2016 Nancy Pearl Award for Best Book in Genre Fiction and the President's Award Gold Medal for Best Book, Suspense/Thriller, Florida Authors and Publishers Association.

Carla has also written two books of true crime, Disturbed Ground, about a female serial killer, and Perfect Victim, which was put on the reading list for the FBI Behavioral Services Unit and became a number one New York Times bestseller. That true story fuels her fiction.

For more, visit CarlaNorton.com, find her books on Goodreads, or find Carla Norton: Novelist & True Crime Writer on Facebook.

Featured Work

The Edge of Normal

2013
The Edge of Normal by Carla Norton

The Edge of Normal, a crime novel inspired by true events, has been adapted to film. Filming is complete and the movie, starring Chloe Grace-Moretz and Rupert Friend, should be released in 2026. The heroine is a survivor of kidnapping and prolonged captivity, a young woman who’s flawed but fierce. (Think Elizabeth Smart meets Clarice Starling.) She’s damaged and psychologically unbalanced, but she has a hot sense of justice. And when called upon, she’s absolutely fearless. The Edge of Normal is inspired by the criminal case portrayed in Norton’s #1 NYT nonfiction best seller, Perfect Victim.

Other Works

  • What Doesn't Kill Her

    2015

  • Disturbed Ground

    2013

  • Perfect Victim

    1988

Awards and Recognition

  • Nancy Pearl Award for Best Book, Genre Fiction, Pacific Northwest Writers Association, 2016
  • President's Award Gold Medal for Best Book, Suspense/Thriller, Florida Authors and Publishers Association, 2016
  • Thriller Award Finalist, Best First Novel, 2014
  • Royal Palm Literary Award Winner, Best Unpublished Mystery, 2012
  • #1 New York Times Best Seller, Nonfiction Paperback: Perfect Victim (1989)

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