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
Pulpwood Queen Book Club Girlfriend Weekend
Alice Hoffman headlines this annual weekend-long celebration of books and readers. Jan. 11 - 14, 2018, at Stephen F. Austin State College in historic Nacogdoches, TX. For ticket packages, check out the Beauty and the Book page.
Richmond Times-Dispatch
By Jay Strafford A most unusual detective team -- a girl and a cat -- returns for a second outing in "As Dark as My Fur" (208 pages, Severn House, $28.99), the second installment in Clea Simon's newest series. Carrie "Care" Wright is in her early teens and has taken...
Texas and tiaras!
WOOT! It's official! I'll be at the Pulpwood Queens Girlfriend Weekend in January! I have wanted to attend this wild and crazy book-club-cum-crazy-wild-party since I first heard about it (probably from the super-talented New York Times-bestselling author Caroline...










