Megan Abbott
Megan Abbott is an American crime writer whose early novels were explicit homages to classic noir fiction, while her later work created a unique genre of suburban Gothic focused on female competition, obsession, and violence. Die a Little and The Song Is You reinvented classic noir from a female perspective. Her novel Dare Me was adapted into a television series.
Works
- Die a Little1950s Los Angeles noir about a woman drawn into darkness and murder
- The Song Is YouHollywood noir novella exploring desire, betrayal, and criminal obsession in 1950s LA
- QueenpinWoman mob boss orchestrates heists and violence across a criminal empire
- Bury Me Deep1920s women criminals operate speakeasy and con schemes during Prohibition era
- Dare MeHigh school girls' relationships blur into obsession, betrayal, and murder