Cool serial killers are not my fault

Stuart Turton, author of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, wrote this brilliant piece for Crime Reads, about crime fiction and books that stretch the genre. I’m so happy that he’s reccomended The Shining Girls, alongside books by China Mieville, legend Douglas Adams, and Eva Dolan. Stuart writes: Serial killers are an off-the-shelf villain for authors. We […]

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The Shining Girls in Vox magazine

Sadie Collins over at Vox magazine has made this awesome list of horror novels, which also all happen to be by women. I’m so happy to be included on it, together with Helen Oyeyemi, Jennifer McMahon, graphic novelist Emily Carroll and more. Collins writes: Part gritty inner-city thriller and part horrific Grimm’s fairy tale, Broken […]

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