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
Comedians are people – and daughters – too
Imagine my surprise when, while watching Emmy Blotnick's standup on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," I heard one of my own books mentioned – twice! Blotnick, who is also the head writer on "The President Show," was riffing on her sad life and she mentioned her...
Winthrop library event POSTPONED
Due to the storm. Stay safe, everyone! I'll post when it has been rescheduled. EDIT: We have a date! I'll be speaking about writing and about my books at this great public library on Tuesday, May 22, at 6:30 p.m. Free!
And so it begins…
We crime fiction (mystery) writers like to describe ourselves as either "plotters" or "pantsers." Plotters figure everything out ahead of time. Pantsers, well, don't, preferring to fly by the seat of our pants. But it's never quite that simple. I've long considered...