Welcome

I’m Clea Simon, author of
- psychological suspense novels The Butterfly Trap, Bad Boy Beat and Hold Me Down
- rock ‘n’ roll noir World Enough
- Theda Krakow mysteries
- Dulcie Schwartz mysteries
- Pru Marlowe mysteries
- Witch Cats of Cambridge mysteries
- Blackie & Care mysteries
- A handful of nonfiction books
Please browse around and make yourself at home. I’d love to see you at one of my events, and I’m always happy to hear your feedback.
As featured in the Wall Street Journal and on NPR
Praise for The Butterfly Trap
Fear and control emerges in Simon’s tense, slow-burn
Darkly inventive, and full of grit and suspense
Mesmerizing tale of obsession and desperation
A cautionary and dark tale about love and art
Recent Blog POsts
FIVE QUESTIONS with thriller author Amy Shojai
Before Amy Shojai started writing thrillers, she'd authored more than 30 serious animal-care books: The woman knows her beasts! In recent years, she's turned that knowledge into "thrillers with bite," penning suspense novels with realistic animal characters. We've...
Writing across the spectrum
Even if you adore chocolate, sometimes you want chips, right? And after a salt binge, I usually find myself craving something sweet and spicy. So why should authors content themselves with writing only one kind of book – or even one kind of mystery? That's the...
FIVE QUESTIONS with NYT-bestseller Caroline Leavitt
Welcome to the inaugural Five Questions! In each edition, I'll be asking an author five questions and letting her or him introduce herself to you. Today, we're chatting with the New York Times bestselling author of Cruel Beautiful World, Is This Tomorrow, and Pictures...