Welcome
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 DeCurtis
Recent Blog Posts
For cat lovers!
Publishers Weekly weighs in on Cross My Path: "Cat-loving fans of grim postapocalyptic tales will best appreciate Simon’s third Blackie and Care mystery..." it begins, concluding, "The disparate plot lines combine in a fiery...
read moreThe bodies don’t stay buried…
A friend reading World Enough recently asked me how much was fiction and how much true. Tara's learning curve as a rock critic is largely mine, I told him. The band anecdotes are largely lifted from life: the crazy drinking, the drugs, the partying. And the underlying...
read moreWhat’s in a name?
"How do you come up with the names?" That's what my wonderful mother-in-law Sophie always wants to know. "Dulcie and Pru, and now Care? Tara? Where do they come from?" "I'm not sure," I've told her. And she shakes her head in wonder. "I make them up," I say. Although...
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