“I grew up reading crime fiction mysteries, true crime - a lot of true crime - and it is traditionally a male dominated field from the outside, but from the inside what we know, those of us who read it, is that women buy the most crime fiction, they are by far the biggest readers of true crime, and there's a voracious appetite among women for these stories, and I know I feel it - since I was quite small I wanted to go to those dark places.”
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Megan Abbott
Megan Abbott is an American contemporary author known for her suspense novels. Born in 1971, she graduated from New York University. Abbott's works often explore themes of gender, power, and crime from a female perspective. more
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