Photo: Joshua Gaylord
MEGAN
ABBOTT is the Edgar-winning author of the novels Die a
Little, The Song Is You and the 2008 Edgar winner,
Queenpin. July 2009 marked the release of Abbott's new
novel, Bury Me Deep, which has been nominated for the
2010 Edgar Award and Hammett Prize.
Born in the Detroit area, she graduated from the University of
Michigan with a B.A. in English Literature and went on to
receive her Ph.D. in English and American literature from New
York University. She lives in Queens, New York City with her
husband, Joshua Gaylord,
whose novel
Hummingbirds
(Harper
Collins) was published in Fall 2009.
Abbott's stories have appeared in
Damn
Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir (2006),
Wall
Street Noir (2007),
Detroit
Noir (2007), Storyglossia and
Queens Noir
(2007). Her nonfiction book, The Street Was Mine:
White Masculinity in Hardboiled Fiction and Film Noir, was
published in 2003. She is also the editor of the Edgar-nominated
A Hell of a Woman: An
Anthology of Female Noir, featuring original tales by 25
mystery and crime authors.
Abbott won the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award
in 2008 for Queenpin. She was also nominated for an Edgar
in 2006 for Best First Novel. In 2008, she won the Barry Award
(Deadly Pleasures and Mystery News award) and has been nominated
three times for the Anthony Award (Bouchercon World Mystery
Convention award).
Also, check out The Rap Sheet, a crime fiction blog to which
Megan Abbott serves as an occasional contributor.
Recent Interviews/Profiles
Listen to Megan discuss the novel on Memphis's Book Talk
"The
Duchess of Dark Novels"
Megan Abbott: An Email Conversation with Rebecca Godfrey
Big Adios: Interrogation
with Megan Abbott
"Megan Abbott: The Streets Are Hers"
"The New Queen
of Noir"
"History as Mystery"
Hell of a Woman
The Ladies
of Noir: A Roundtable Discussion
In for Questioning
Noir, Sex and Betrayal: An Interview with Megan Abbott
Femme Fatale
An Interview with Megan Abbott (Simon & Schuster)
Interviewed by
Theresa Schwegel
