The Shining Girls
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The Shining Girls is a genre-blending thriller novel by Lauren Beukes about a time-traveling serial killer and the survivor who hunts him down.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Shining Girls canonical | 5 |
| Shining Girls (TV series) | 2 |
| Shining Girls | 1 |
| The Shining Girls: A Novel | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4902785 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Shining Girls Context triple: [Lauren Beukes, notableWork, The Shining Girls]
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A.
The Madwoman of Central Park West
The Madwoman of Central Park West is a semi-autobiographical 1979 musical revue about a middle-aged actress in New York City, created by and starring legendary lyricist and performer Betty Comden.
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B.
Gerald's Game
Gerald's Game is a psychological horror film based on Stephen King's novel, focusing on a woman's harrowing struggle for survival and sanity after a bondage game with her husband goes tragically wrong.
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C.
The Girl Before
The Girl Before is a psychological thriller novel by J.P. Delaney, later adapted into a television miniseries, about two women who separately move into a minimalist, high-tech house governed by strict rules and uncover disturbing secrets about its past.
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D.
The Unraveling
The Unraveling is the debut studio album by American punk rock band Rise Against, showcasing their early hardcore-influenced sound and socially conscious themes.
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E.
Why Women Kill
Why Women Kill is a darkly comedic anthology drama series that explores the lives of women in different decades as they confront infidelity and its sometimes deadly consequences.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Shining Girls Target entity description: The Shining Girls is a genre-blending thriller novel by Lauren Beukes about a time-traveling serial killer and the survivor who hunts him down.
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A.
The Madwoman of Central Park West
The Madwoman of Central Park West is a semi-autobiographical 1979 musical revue about a middle-aged actress in New York City, created by and starring legendary lyricist and performer Betty Comden.
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B.
Gerald's Game
Gerald's Game is a psychological horror film based on Stephen King's novel, focusing on a woman's harrowing struggle for survival and sanity after a bondage game with her husband goes tragically wrong.
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C.
The Girl Before
The Girl Before is a psychological thriller novel by J.P. Delaney, later adapted into a television miniseries, about two women who separately move into a minimalist, high-tech house governed by strict rules and uncover disturbing secrets about its past.
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D.
The Unraveling
The Unraveling is the debut studio album by American punk rock band Rise Against, showcasing their early hardcore-influenced sound and socially conscious themes.
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E.
Why Women Kill
Why Women Kill is a darkly comedic anthology drama series that explores the lives of women in different decades as they confront infidelity and its sometimes deadly consequences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ thriller novel ⓘ time travel fiction ⓘ |
| adaptation |
Shining Girls
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linked to:
The Shining Girls
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| adaptationReleasePlatform | Apple TV+ ⓘ |
| adaptationReleaseYear | 2022 ⓘ |
| adaptationType | television series ⓘ |
| antagonist | Harper Curtis ⓘ |
| author | Lauren Beukes ⓘ |
| awardReceived | 2013 Strand Critics Award for Best Novel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | South Africa ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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horror ⓘ science fiction ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780316216852 ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
multiple perspectives
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nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Harper Curtis
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Kirby Mazrachi ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativeFeature |
female survivor hunts attacker
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time-traveling serial killer ⓘ |
| notableFor |
female-led investigation narrative
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genre-blending of crime and speculative fiction ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotElement |
serial killer targets "shining" girls across time
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survivor investigates attempted murder ⓘ |
| protagonist | Kirby Mazrachi ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2013 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Mulholland Books
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Umuzi ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| settingLocation | Chicago ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
1990s
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20th century ⓘ |
| shortlistedFor |
2013 British Fantasy Award
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linked to:
British Fantasy Award
2013 CWA Gold Dagger ⓘ
linked to:
Gold Dagger
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| theme |
fate versus free will
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power and obsession ⓘ trauma and survival ⓘ violence against women ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Shining Girls Description of subject: The Shining Girls is a genre-blending thriller novel by Lauren Beukes about a time-traveling serial killer and the survivor who hunts him down.
Referenced by (9)
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Beukes
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Zoo City won the 2011 Arthur C. Clarke Award
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Phillipa
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