Krysten Ritter played Jessica Jones in the popular and award-winning Netflix show, Marvel’s “Jessica Jones” and in “The Defenders.” In addition, Krysten Ritter’s played many other roles on screen, has appeared on stage and as an international model. Now Ritter is an author too! Her new book, Bonfire, is releasing in early November. And fans can meet her at an upcoming event at Anderson’s Bookshop in the heart of Naperville.

About the Book: Can you ever outrun your past?
From actress, producer, and writer, Krysten Ritter, a psychological suspense novel about a woman forced to confront her past in the wake of small-town corruption.

It has been ten years since Abby Williams left home and scrubbed away all visible evidence of her small town roots. Now working as an environmental lawyer in Chicago, she has a thriving career, a modern apartment, and her pick of meaningless one-night stands.

But when a new case takes her back home to Barrens, Indiana, the life Abby painstakingly created begins to crack. Tasked with investigating Optimal Plastics, the town’s most high-profile company and economic heart, Abby begins to find strange connections to Barrens’ biggest scandal from more than a decade ago involving the popular Kaycee Mitchell and her closest friends—just before Kaycee disappeared for good.

Abby knows the key to solving any case lies in the weak spots, the unanswered questions. But as she tries desperately to find out what really happened to Kaycee, troubling memories begin to resurface and she begins to doubt her own observations. And when she unearths an even more disturbing secret—a ritual called “The Game,” it will threaten the reputations, and lives, of the community and risk exposing a darkness that may consume her.

With tantalizing twists, slow-burning suspense, and a remote, rural town of just five claustrophobic miles, Bonfire is a dark exploration of what happens when your past and present collide.

About the Author: Krysten RItter is well known for her starring roles in the award winning Netflix original series, Marvel’s Jessica Jones, and cult favorite, Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23, as well as her pivotal role on AMC’s Breaking Bad. Ritter’s work on film includes “Big Eyes,” “Listen Up Philip,” “Life Happens,” “Confessions of a Shopaholic” and “She’s Out of My League.” She is the founder of Silent Machine, a production company which aims to highlight complex female protagonists. Ritter and her dog Mikey split their time between New York and Los Angeles.