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October 7, 2021
How Writing Thrillers Helps Me Deal With Darkness
I’ll happily pay for your pumpkin frap while I ponder death… In this very personal essay, I talk to Good Housekeeping about why I write thrillers. Read The Article.
September 12, 2021
Love Is Not an Algorithm
Behind The Book: Last Girl Ghosted There’s always a seed for every novel, a moment, or point of obsession that leads me to research. For LAST GIRL GHOSTED, it was a conversation with a young friend about online dating. We were talking about some of the current apps out there — apps for dating, as…
August 19, 2021
Goodreads Biggest Mysteries and Thrillers
Wow. Goodreads just named LAST GIRL GHOSTED one of the Biggest Mysteries and Thrillers of the Rest of the Year. And in such great company with John Grisham, Liane Moriarty, Lisa Jewell, Alison Gaylin, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Lori-Rader Day, Rachel Howzell Hall, Colson Whitehead and more. Of course, I am over the moon!
June 4, 2021
Five Great Horror Novels That Explore the Darkest Corners of Our Minds
What scares us? What really scares us? It’s not the form outside the window or the noise in the basement. It’s not the unexplained howling or the abandoned building that might or might not be populated by angry ghosts. Or it’s not just those things. What we find most terrifying is the wondering of what…
June 3, 2021
Writer’s Digest – Productive Procrastination for Writers
In Writer’s Digest this week, I take a look at what I like to call “productive procrastination” — all the things we writers do that keep us from the page, but which are really just the scenic route back to it. Read it now.
May 16, 2021
The World Closed, The World Opened
How do you feel about Zoom events? Are you burned out? Or is it a whole new world for you? This fascinating article in The Atlantic from Olga Khazan on how videoconferencing has been easier than in-person events for people who have social anxiety got me thinking. I do miss in-person interactions. But truthfully I’ve…
May 1, 2021
Top 10 Crime Fiction
Blown away by this! CONFESSIONS ON THE 7:45 was just named a “Top 10 Crime Fiction” book of the year by Booklist. Thanks so much to editor and publisher Bill Ott for including me in this amazing list that includes Tana French, S.A. Cosby, Alyssa Cole, Jane Harper, Alex North and more. Read the article.
April 21, 2021
ITW Thriller Awards Nominee — Confessions on the 7:45
What a thrill! CONFESSIONS ON THE 7:45 has been nominated for the 2021 ITW Thriller Award for Best Hardcover Novel. Honored to share the category with fellow nominees Ivy Pochada, S.A. Cosby, Joe Ide and Richard Osman. Congrats to all! The International Thriller Writers have announced the finalists for this year’s Thriller Awards. The winners will be…
February 25, 2021
Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021 – Let Her Be
So honored and grateful! My story LET HER BE, originally published by Amazon Original Stories in the stellar “Hush” collection and edited by Kjersti Egerdahl and Howard Mittelmark, was selected for inclusion in The Best American Mystery and Suspense Stories 2021! Huge thanks to Steph Cha and Alafair Burke. The Best American series is the…
February 23, 2021
Audie Awards Finalist
Exciting news to share! CONFESSIONS ON THE 7:45 is a finalist for the 2021 Audie Award for best mystery! I’m thrilled and honored. Congrats to fellow nominees Michael Connelly, Walter Mosley, Lucy Foley and Darynda Jones. See you at the virtual gala. The Audio Publishers Association has announced its finalists, in 25 categories, for the…
