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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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Author Gillian Flynn (MSJ ’97). Flynn said it’s incredibly important that to show all kinds of women in literature.

Novelist Gillian Flynn on breaking female character stereotypes in her books, shows and films

November 28, 2018

Gillian Flynn (MSJ ’97) is an internationally acclaimed novelist, but she says she wouldn’t be anywhere without her training as a journalist. The “Gone Girl” author said her education at Medill...

Burg: Stop comparing the movie to the book

November 23, 2014

I had so been hoping that “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1” would actually open on Thanksgiving weekend in a burst of delicious food-based irony. But I think the holiday atmosphere extends backward...

Burg: Why keeping up with pop culture is worth it

October 12, 2014

On Saturday I heard someone say we’re now embarking on week four of this quarter, and I felt slightly sick. Could time really be moving that slowly? In my mind I’d already done a quarter’s worth...

Gillian Flynn, Medill graduate, topped the New York Times Best Sellers list this summer with her third novel, “Gone Girl.” The novel will be adapted into a movie produced by Reese Witherspoon.

Medill alumna sells screen rights to best-selling novel

October 1, 2012

A Medill alumna this summer inked a seven figure deal to turn her bestselling book into a film. Gillian Flynn (MSJ ’97) topped The New York Times Best Sellers list with her third novel, “Gone...

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