Danielle Girard

Danielle Girard is the USA Today and Amazon #1 bestselling author of sixteen novels, including the Annabelle Schwartzman Series, Chasing Darkness, and The Rookie Club series. Her books have won the Barry Award, the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award, and White Out was in the top 100 bestselling e-books of 2020. In addition, two of her titles have been optioned for screen. Her next thriller, Pinky Swear, will be out from the Emily Bestler Imprint of Atria books February 24, 2026.

Danielle is also the creator and host of the Killer Women Podcast where she interviews the women who write today’s best crime fiction. A graduate of Cornell University, Danielle received her MFA in Creative Writing at Queens University of Charlotte, North Carolina. When she’s not traveling, Danielle lives in the mountains of Montana. Visit her at daniellegirard . com

Series Order

Badlands Thriller Series:

White Out

Far Gone

Up Close

Dr. Schwartzman Series:

Exhume

Excise

Expose

Expire

The Ex

The Rookie Club Series:

Dead Center

One Clean Shot

Dark Passage

Grave Danger

Everything to Lose

Too Close to Home (A Rookie Club Short Story, exclusive to Danielle's readers group. Join at her website.)

Standalone Novels:

Savage Art

Ruthless Game

Chasing Darkness (winner of the RT Reviewers' Choice Award)

Cold Silence (winner of the Barry Award)