Occupation Author Language English | Nationality American Name Megan Abbott Citizenship United States Role Author | |
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Born 1971Detroit, United States Spouse Joshua Gaylord (m. 1998–2011) Awards Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original, Barry Award for Best Paperback Original Nominations Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author Books Dare Me, The Fever, Queenpin, Bury Me Deep, Die a Little Similar People Laura Lippman, Sara Gran, Jean Spangler, Tana French, Christa Faust Profiles | ||
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Megan Abbott (born 1971) is an American author of crime fiction and a non-fiction analysis of hardboiled crime fiction. Her novels and short stories have drawn from and re-worked classic subgenres of crime writing, with a female twist.
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- Megan abbott chelsea cain
- Megan abbott talks about the writing process
- Biography
- Influences
- Reception and awards
- Novels
- Short stories
- Non fiction
- Editor
- Journalist and blogger
- References

Megan abbott talks about the writing process
Biography

Abbott grew up in suburban Detroit and graduated from the University of Michigan. She received her Ph.D. in English and American literature from New York University, and has taught at NYU, the State University of New York and the New School University. In 2013-2014, she served as the John Grisham Writer in Residence at the University of Mississippi.
Influences

Abbott was influenced by film noir, classic noir fiction, and Jeffrey Eugenides's novel The Virgin Suicides. Two of her novels reference notorious crimes. The Song Is You (2007) is based around the disappearance of Jean Spangler in 1949, and Bury Me Deep (2009) on the 1931 case of Winnie Ruth Judd, dubbed "the Trunk Murderess".
Reception and awards

Abbott has won the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award for outstanding fiction. Time named her one of the "23 Authors That We Admire" in 2011. Publishers Weekly gave her 2011 novel The End of Everything a starred review.
Novels

Won: 2008 Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original, 2008 Barry Award for Best Paperback Novel
Nominated: 2008 Anthony award for Best Paperback Original.
Nominated: 2010 Anthony award for Best Paperback Original
Short stories
Non-fiction
Editor
Journalist and blogger
Abbott has written for major journals and newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times. She also writes a blog with novelist Sara Gran.