Welcome
I’m Clea Simon, author of the rock ‘n’ roll noir WORLD ENOUGH; the Theda Krakow, Dulcie Schwartz, Pru Marlowe, Witch Cats of Cambridge, 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
Mass. Book Awards
I am overjoyed. me and Jon! The Massachusetts Book Awards recognize significant works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and children’s/young adult literature published by Commonwealth residents or about Massachusetts subjects. Massachusetts Center for the Book is...
read moreFive Questions with Tara Laskowski
Tara Laskowski burst onto the consciousness of many readers with her Agatha Award-winning short story, "The Case of the Vanishing Professor" (from Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine). This fall (Oct. 1!), we'll get more Tara, as Graydon House releases One Night Gone,...
read moreThat fall preview?
The Boston Globe uses a firewall for readers. If it's going to continue to pay reporters and editors – as well as freelancers like me! – it needs people to subscribe. That's why the fall arts preview might ask you to log in (though you can read a few articles for...
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