Author
Megan Abbott
Megan Abbott is the American novelist whose noir-tinged literary thrillers (Dare Me, The Fever, Give Me Your Hand, You Will Know Me) earned a reputation in the 2010s for taking the everyday social hierarchies of cheerleading, ballet, and high-school chemistry seriously. Edgar winner for Queenpin.
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5
Books on file
5
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Years active
2005-2011
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Our reviews of Megan Abbott's work
Bury Me Deep
by Megan Abbott
Megan Abbott rewriting a real 1930s Phoenix murder case as a fever dream. Period noir with a feminist undertow.
Die a Little
by Megan Abbott
Abbott's debut, which announced what her career was going to be about. 1950s LA, two women, and a slow domestic poisoning.
Queenpin
by Megan Abbott
Abbott's noir homage about a young woman apprenticed to an aging mob accountant. Reads like Cain in heels.
The End of Everything
by Megan Abbott
Megan Abbott writing a thirteen-year-old's point of view as her best friend disappears. Quiet, devastating, almost too uncomfortable to recommend.
The Song Is You
by Megan Abbott
Abbott on a real cold case: the 1949 disappearance of Jean Spangler. Hollywood publicist as accidental detective.
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What we have said about Megan Abbott
Megan Abbott rewriting a real 1930s Phoenix murder case as a fever dream. Period noir with a feminist undertow.
Megan Abbott writing a thirteen-year-old's point of view as her best friend disappears. Quiet, devastating, almost too uncomfortable to recommend.
Abbott's debut, which announced what her career was going to be about. 1950s LA, two women, and a slow domestic poisoning.
Abbott's noir homage about a young woman apprenticed to an aging mob accountant. Reads like Cain in heels.
Abbott on a real cold case: the 1949 disappearance of Jean Spangler. Hollywood publicist as accidental detective.