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
Boston – when it rocked
Want to hear some of the music memorialized in World Enough? Tonight, local music scribe Brett Milano will spin some tunes before we settle in to talk about music and writing – and specifically writing about music – at Brookline Booksmith. We both go way back, and I'm...
Thank you, Henry in the Hub
Henry Santoro of WGBH-FM sat down to talk about the '80s punk scene, the music, the clubs, the wild characters we both knew well, and, yes, WORLD ENOUGH. Our chat airs today as the regular "Henry in the Hub" segment during "Morning Edition" at 8:35 a.m. But if you...
Writing about Music/Music about Writing (with Brett Milano)
What are you doing on Monday? That's when I'll be joining music scribe Brett Milano for a conversation on "Writing About Music" at Brookline Booksmith. How do we do it? Do we dare to share the real backstage secrets? Brett is the author of several grand music books,...










