Author

Rene Denfeld

9 books, mostly suspense, for Harper and Orion Publishing Group Limited, 2011–2026

Rene Denfeld is an award-winning, bestselling American author of literary thrillers and mystery novels, including The Enchanted, The Child Finder, The Butterfly Girl, Sleeping Giants, and The Talking Bone. Her fiction explores survival, trauma, resilience, redemption, and social injustice, drawing in part on her nearly two decades as a licensed investigator and former chief investigator for a public defender’s office. Her work has received major literary recognition, including a French Prix and an ALA Medal for Excellence in Fiction listing.