High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Gone Girl is a novel by American writer Gillian Flynn. It was published by Crown Publishing Group in June, 2012 and made the New York Times Best Seller list. Gone Girl fits into the thriller genre of contemporary novels. The novel`s principal suspense comes from an uncertainty about the main character, Nick Dunne, and whether he killed his wife, Amy Dunne. The book was well received and reviewed throughout the English-speaking world, but was especially popular in the United States.