by Clea | Nov 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
(This ran in today’s Boston Globe, reprinted here in full.) ALEKSANDRA/ADOBE What makes a victim? This might seem like an odd question for a writer of crime fiction, where the emphasis is usually on the crime, if not the criminal. But, recently, as I branched...
by Clea | Nov 25, 2021 | Thanksgiving, Uncategorized
Maybe you’re celebrating with friends or family today or settling down with a beloved pet or a Hallmark movie. Maybe you’re out there on the front lines at a shelter or a protest, doing your bit to make this a better world. Wherever you are today,...
by Clea | Nov 23, 2021 | Hold Me Down
I know Thanksgiving is coming up, but I’d love to use this #ThankfulTuesday to send out a whole-HEARTed love song to the amazing #bookstagram community.đAll authors fear being alone – and it is the greatest feeling in the world when, instead,...
by Clea | Nov 22, 2021 | CrimeSpree, Hold Me Down
“Simonâs tour of the Boston music scene will make readers wish âHold Me Downâ included a link to iTunes.” â Oline Cogdill, South Florida Sun Sentinel Clea Simon Blame Oline. She was the first reviewer to suggest that HOLD ME DOWN should have a playlist,...
by Clea | Nov 19, 2021 | Hold Me Down, online event
Caroline Leavitt is not only an astute critic and a crafter of glorious prose (check out her With or Without You), she’s also a dear friend. So when the two of us got talking in this Harvard Book Store online event, the official launch of my new Hold Me Down, we...
