by Clea | May 31, 2018 | Uncategorized
And not all cat mysteries are cozies! As I ready to launch two of my own kitties of a different color (the snarky Fear on Four Paws and the positively dystopian Cross My Path), I blogged about animal cozies of all species for Booklist Online.
by Clea | May 29, 2018 | Writers on Writing, Writing
Like so many viewers, I was transfixed by the characters and the writing of the series “The Americans.” However, I thought I might have a different perspective on how its writers developed the character of Elizabeth Jennings, and penned this op-ed for the...
by Clea | May 29, 2018 | Boston Globe, News, Uncategorized
As many of you may already know, I have an op-ed in the Boston Globe today, talking about “The Americans” and, more to the point, the aftereffects of rape. I wrote this piece because of a theme that seemed obvious to me – how the trauma of rape can derail...
by Clea | May 21, 2018 | Cats, Publishers Weekly, Reviews, Uncategorized
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...
by Clea | May 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
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...
