Clea Simon's Blog – December 2007 Archive (5)

thank you, Richmond Times-Dispatch!

... for your lovely write-up of Cries and Whiskers

"With urban edginess, realistic characters, a feisty and sympathetic heroine and a big heart, Simon spins a frightening tale that will have you… Continue

Added by Clea Simon on December 31, 2007 at 5:38am — No Comments

Addicted to cats?

According to this article in the New York Times, there may be a biological basis for cat hoarding (not animal hoarding in general, but specifically cats). It cites the Centers for Disease Control talking about how the common parasite,… Continue

Added by Clea Simon on December 21, 2007 at 3:59am — No Comments

Thank you, RTE

Reviewing the Evidence has come to be one of the most respected crime fiction review sites, covering both US and UK books. And they can be critical. Therefore, I was overjoyed to see this review of Cries and… Continue

Added by Clea Simon on December 18, 2007 at 2:58am — No Comments

Is this kitty a killer?

Look at the book cover to your left. Look at that sweet little face, and tell me, is that the face of a killer?

Now, I write murder mysteries, but even for me that question might sound a bit odd.I mean, I’ve always promised my readers that no matter how many human bodies stack up, I will never hurt or kill a cat in one of my books. But make a… Continue

Added by Clea Simon on December 13, 2007 at 2:34am — No Comments

Doris Lessing gets it...

Let us suppose floods wash through our cities, the seas rise . . . but the storyteller will be there, for it is our imaginations which shape us, keep us, create us - for good and for ill. It is our stories that will recreate us, when we are torn, hurt, even destroyed. It is the storyteller, the dream-maker, the myth-maker, that is our phoenix, that represents us at our best, and at our most creative.

Thanks to… Continue

Added by Clea Simon on December 13, 2007 at 2:29am — No Comments

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