Killer Women

Louisa Luna is the author of several books, including the Alice Vega series. She received the 2023 Sue Grafton Memorial Award for her novel Hideout. She was born and raised in San Francisco and lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and daughter. Her new novel, Tell Me Who You Are, will be published by MCD x FSG in June 2024. Killer Women is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Ne...

Wall Street Journal bestselling author Victoria Helen Stone, best known for her runaway hit Jane Doe, writes critically acclaimed novels of dark intrigue and emotional suspense. During her earlier work as romance novelist Victoria Dahl, she won the prestigious American Library Association Reading List Award for best genre fiction. Her latest release is Follow Her Down. Victoria writes in her home...

Carol LaHines’ debut novel, Someday Everything Will All Make Sense, was a finalist for the Nilsen Prize for a First Novel and an American Fiction Award. Her fiction has appeared in literary journals including Fence, Hayden’ s Ferry Review, Denver Quarterly, Cimarron Review, The Literary Review, The Laurel Review, North Dakota Quarterly, South Dakota Review, The South Carolina Review, The Chattahoo...

Roz Nay is the bestselling author of The Hunted and Hurry Home, which were both nominated for Best Crime Novel of the Year. Her first thriller, Our Little Secret, won the Douglas Kennedy Prize for best foreign thriller in France and was nominated for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Mystery and the Arthur Ellis Best First Crime Novel Award. Roz’s new novel, The Offing, is out in May 2024. She ha...

Ellie Monago is a novelist and practicing therapist. She moved from California to Canada three years ago with her family. Her novel, THE CUSTODY BATTLE, was just released, and a related novel called THE DIVORCE LAWYER is available for pre-order now and comes out in May. Ellie also writes under the name Holly Brown. Killer Women is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #podcast   #...

Emiko Jean is the author of the New York Times bestselling YA novels Tokyo Ever After and its sequel Tokyo Dreaming, the first of which was a Reese Witherspoon “Hello Sunshine” Book Club Pick. Emiko’s debut book club novel for adults, Mika In Real Life, was published in 2022 and was a Good Morning America Book Club Pick. THE RETURN OF ELLIE BLACK is her debut adult thriller (Simon & Schuster;...

Sally Hepworth is the New York Times bestselling author of nine novels, including The Good Sister and The Soulmate. Drawing on the good, the bad and the downright odd of human behaviour, Sally writes incisively about family, relationships and identity. Her domestic thriller novels are laced with quirky humour, sass and a darkly charming tone. They are available worldwide in English and have been t...

Laura McHugh is the award-winning, internationally-bestselling author of The Weight of Blood, Arrowood, The Wolf Wants In, What's Done in Darkness, and the forthcoming Safe and Sound, which Heather Gudenkauf called "Beautifully written, unflinchingly told, and relentlessly suspenseful." The Weight of Blood won the International Thriller Writers Award and the Silver Falchion Award for...

Alyssa Cole is an award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of thrillers and romance (historical, contemporary, and sci-fi). Her books have received critical acclaim from Library Journal, BuzzFeed, Kirkus, Booklist, Jezebel, Vulture, Book Riot, Entertainment Weekly, and various other outlets. When she’s not working, she can usually be found watching anime or wrangling her many...

Debut author L. K. Bowen was born in Boston and made her way to Los Angeles to work in the entertainment industry. Like Ellie, her protagonist in For Worse, Bowen has the degenerative eye disease retinitis pigmentosa, which is slowly destroying her vision. To learn more about RP and other degenerative retinal diseases, or to contribute to finding treatments and cures, please visit  www. FightingBl...

Heather Gudenkauf is the NYT bestselling author of 10 novels, including the Edgar-nominated The Weight of Silence and The Overnight Guest, which was an Amazon Best Book of the Year and described by Kirkus Reviews as "Masterful, terrible, and absolutely addicting...Tense, taut, and terrifying." Her new thriller, EVERYONE IS WATCHING, was named to Goodreads' list of Readers' Most A...

Maggie Thrash is a lesbian writer wrestling with important themes, including sexuality, transphobia, and identity. She is unafraid of plumbing dark waters with an off-kilter humor and storytelling bravado reminiscent of the writing of Nell Zink, Alissa Nutting, Donna Tartt, and Ottessa Moshfegh, as well as TV series such as Euphoria, Skins, Yellowjackets, Bad Sisters, and Fleabag. Besides Honor Gi...

Before turning to fiction, AGGIE BLUM THOMPSON covered real-life crime as a newspaper reporter for a number of papers, including The Boston Globe and The Washington Post. Aggie is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and International Thriller Writers, and serves as the program director for the Montgomery County chapter of the Maryland Writers Association. She lives with her h...

Chris Harding Thornton is a professor at the University of Nebraska who has worked a truly impressive collection of jobs—she’s been a quality assurance overseer at a condom factory, a jar-lid screwer at a plastics plant, a closer at Burger King, a record store clerk, an all-ages club manager, and a PR writer. Her debut novel, Pickard County Atlas, received critical acclaim in The New Yorker, the W...

Addison McKnight is the pen name for Nicole Moleti and Krista Wells. After over a decade of writing nonfiction, their shared interests in women’s emotions and the cultural obsession with perfection sparked an idea for their debut novel, An Imperfect Plan and The Vineyard Remains. With six jobs and six children between them, they wrote their first book on Saturday nights and on the sidelines of the...

Today our guest on Killer Women is C. J. Cooke. C.J is an award-winning poet and novelist published in twenty-three languages. She teaches creative writing at the University of Glasgow, where she also researches the impact of motherhood on women's writing and creative writing interventions for mental health. Killer Women is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #podcast   #aut...

B.A. Paris is the New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of seven novels including the word-of-mouth hit, Behind Closed Doors and her upcoming thriller, The Guest. Over 7 million editions of her work have been sold worldwide and her books have been translated into 41 languages. Three of her novels have been optioned for major screen adaptations with a film of The Breakdown, titled Blac...

Today’s guest on Killer Women is Amanda Jayatissa. Amanda is the author of My Sweet Girl, which won the International Thriller Writer’s Award for Best First Novel, and You're Invited. She grew up in Sri Lanka, and currently lives in Portugal with her husband and two spoiled huskies. Island Witch is her third novel. Killer Women is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #podcast...

Today’s guest on Killer Women is Brandy Schillace, PhD. Brandy is the author of several works of nonfiction, including Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher and Death’s Summer Coat: What Death and Dying Teach Us About Life and Living. A former professor of English and gothic literature, she has an abiding love of mystery. She writes about gender politics and history, medical mystery, and neurodiversity for o...

Amina Akhtar has earned a devoted fan following and wide critical acclaim for her darkly funny and wildly inventive novels. The former New York City fashion editor satirized the fashion industry in her debut,  #FashionVictim . After moving to Sedona, AZ, she skewered wellness culture in Kismet. Killer Women is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #podcast   #author   #interview  ...

Beezy Marsh is an international  #1  and Sunday Times top-ten bestselling author who believes that ordinary lives are extraordinary. She is also an award-winning journalist who has spent more than 20 years making the headlines in newspapers including The Daily Mail and The Sunday Times. Beezy is married, with two young sons, and lives in Oxfordshire with a never-ending pile of laundry. Killer Wome...

Our guest today on Killer Women is CATE QUINN. Cate was a travel journalist for the Guardian and Times before becoming a novelist. Her novels have sold more than 500,000 copies worldwide. She also publishes under the name C.S. Quinn. Killer Women is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #podcast   #author   #interview   #authors   #KillerWomen   #KillerWomenPodcast   #authorsonthe...

Today on Killer Women our guest is Pamela Fagan Hutchins. Pamela is a USA Today bestselling and Amazon All Star mystery/thriller/suspense author of more than thirty books translated into ten languages, known for her strong female characters, wild settings, and exciting plots that embrace romance, family, and all the feels. She’s also a proud grandmother, and the host of the Crime & Wine podcas...

Our guest today on Killer Women is Amy Pease. Amy is an alumnus of the University of Wisconsin and the Madison Writer’s Studio, and works as a nurse practitioner, where she is a nationally recognized HIV specialist. She lives in Wisconsin with her husband and two children. NORTHWOODS is her first novel. Killer Women is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #podcast   #author   #in...

Our guest today on Killer Women is Emily Schultz. Emily is the author of Sleeping With Friends and the forthcoming Brooklyn Kills Me, both from Thomas & Mercer. She is the co-founder of Joyland Magazine. Her last novel, Little Threats, was published by GP Putnam's Sons and was named an Apple Books Best of 2020 pick. Her novel, The Blondes, released in the U.S. with St. Martin’s Press and P...