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...
by Clea | May 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
“How do you come up with the names?” That’s what my wonderful mother-in-law Sophie always wants to know. “Dulcie and Pru, and now Care? Tara? Where do they come from?” “I’m not sure,” I’ve told her. And she shakes...
by Clea | May 9, 2018 | Cats, Pru Marlowe, Publishers Weekly, Reviews, Uncategorized
The early reviews are rolling in, and Publishers Weekly calls Fear on Four Paws an “irresistible outing.” I’m thrilled! Here’s the full review: Fear on Four Paws: A Pru Marlowe Pet Noir Clea Simon. Poisoned Pen, $15.95 trade paper (272p) ISBN...
by Clea | May 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
Mystery authors tend to break down into two camps: plotters and “pantsers,” i.e., those who write by the seat of their pants. I tend to be a pantser. I start with an idea, a scenario, or a basic problem, and write from there, letting the story unfold as I...
