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
Library Journal on “The Ninth Life”
Simon, Clea. The Ninth Life Severn House. (Blackie & Care Cat, Bk. 1). Mar. 2016. 229p. ISBN 9780727885715. $28.95; Care rescues Blackie after he is almost drowned. Our feline protagonist and narrator, who has used up nearly all of his nine lives, does not...
WSJ on The World of Cat Fiction
The Wall Street Journal In the World of Cat Fiction, Fur Flies Over Whether Stars Get Speaking Roles By Jennifer Maloney Claws come out as chatty kitties rack up awards; one author decides to turn tail Shirley Rousseau Murphy swings a big tail in the world of cat...
From NPR’s “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me”
Yes, that’s me on NPR’s “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me”










