by Clea | Jul 10, 2024 | News, News, Reviews
Friends, I am stunned. One of my heroes, the great James Lee Burke, has praised my writing, saying (I kid you not): “Her prose is on fire.” JAMES LEE BURKE!!!! The occasion wasn’t one I’d expected either. I had reviewed his wonderful new Dave...
by Clea | Jul 8, 2024 | Bad Boy Beat, News, News, Reviews
Gumshoe’s reviewer had a strong reaction to Bad Boy Beat. “The plot is tightly written with several twists and turns to keep it interesting,” says critic Gayle Surrette. And while she sometimes despairs over Em Kelton’s more self-destructive...
by Clea | Jun 17, 2024 | Bad Boy Beat, interview, Interview, News, News, podcast
Tomorrow (Tuesday) I’m going to be chatting with Madame Perry on her great podcast. Tune in at 8 pm EST with all your questions (or catch up with the archived version once we’re done). Jennifer Perry asks such great questions. SO looking forward to...
by Clea | Jun 6, 2024 | A Mighty Blaze, Bad Boy Beat, Interview, interview, News, News, online event, Uncategorized
Wow! I just got to chat with the great (and NYT-bestselling) novelist Caroline Leavitt on A MIGHTY BLAZE! We talked about strong female characters, writing fiction, and what makes a telling detail…. It’s too late for you to ask us your questions. But you...
by Clea | Jun 5, 2024 | Bad Boy Beat, News, News, Reviews, Severn House
“Put yourself into Clea Simon’s hands and prepare yourself for one heck of a journey…” That’s just some of the praise BOLO Books showers on Bad Boy Beat. “[R]eaders will quickly find that the twists and turns of the plot more than...
by Clea | May 28, 2024 | Blue Butterfly, Hold Me Down, News, News
Remember Hold Me Down? Named a “must read” by the Massachusetts Center for the Book, this dark rock ‘n’ roll novel of suspense was briefly orphaned when publisher Polis Books went out of business. But now Bloodhound Books has picked it up and will re-publish...
