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Clea Simon

Welcome to my site! I'm Clea Simon, author of Mad House: Growing Up in the Shadow of Mentally Ill Siblings (Penguin), Fatherless Women: How We Change After We Lose Our Dads (Wiley), The Feline Mystique: On the Mysterious Connection Between Women and Cats (St. Martin's), and the Theda Krakow mysteries, Mew is for Murder, Cattery Row, and Cries and Whiskers (Poisoned Pen Press). Click on the covers below or the links above for excerpts, reviews, and more. I'll also be posting readings and signings as they are scheduled, and I'd love to hear your feedback.


Cries and Whiskers NEWS:

Probable Claws, the fourth Theda Krakow mystery, will be published by Poisoned Pen Press in April, 2009!
And in November look for my short story “Dumb Beasts” in Deadfall: A Crime Anthology (Level Best).

“Readers will thrill” says Publishers Weekly. “Highly Recommended” says Booklist.  CRIES AND WHISKERS, the third Theda Krakow mystery, is now available as a trade paperback from Poisoned Pen Press. Buy it now. Read more here.

Cattery Row now available as a mass market paperback. See more here.

“These are darn good mysteries.”
— Oline Cogdill, South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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Cattery Row
Cries and Whiskers
(Poisoned Pen)
Cattery Row
Cattery Row
(Poisoned Pen)
Mew is for Murder
Mew is for Murder
(Poisoned Pen)
Feline Mystique
The Feline Mystique:
On the Mysterious Connection Between Women and Cats
(St. Martin's) 		Fatherless Women
Fatherless Women:
How We Change After We Lose Our Dads (Wiley) 		Mad House
Mad House:
Growing Up in the Shadow of Mentally Ill Siblings (Penguin)