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I’m Clea Simon, author of the rock ‘n’ roll noir WORLD ENOUGH; the Theda Krakow, Dulcie Schwartz, Pru Marlowe, and Blackie & Care mysteries; and also a handful of nonfiction books. Please browse around and make yourself at home. I’d love to see you at one of my events, and I’m always happy to hear your feedback.
As featured in the Wall Street Journal and on NPR
Clea Simon writes with authority and affection about a lost world. Highly recommended.
Catriona McPhersonA twisty, bittersweet trip, with just the right mix of edge and nostalgia.
Joseph FinderSo vividly written and so rich and real, these characters’ collective loss of innocence feels shockingly personal
Caroline LeavittThis is a haunting carpe noctem novel, and Simon seizes the night with a firm, relentless grip
Anthony DeCurtisRecent Blog Posts
Boucheront redux, pt.2: Thisbe approves!
One of Bouchercon's traditions is its auctions – usually a live one and a silent one, which raise money for a literacy campaign. This year, the beneficiary was Dolly Parton's literacy campaign, the Imagination Library. , which provides books to kids. And so, to...
read moreGeorge V. Higgins and me?!?
Fascinating piece on George V. Higgins (author of "Friends of Eddie Coyle," etc.) and the development of the Boston crime novel in the new issue of CrimeReads. Overwhelming to me because the article's author Scott von Doviak referenced ME as an heir of Higgins (cause...
read moreFIVE QUESTIONS with Joanna Schaffhausen
Debut mystery novelist Joanna Schaffhausen has quickly become part of our New England crime fiction family. Already Facebook friends, we got to do an event together at the lovely New England Mobile Book Fair this summer, and I invited Joanna to chat on my blog. How...
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