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Zoë Z. Dean
"If Not Hope, Hope for Hope": Thoughts on Rectify
Mar 28

Mar 28 "If Not Hope, Hope for Hope": Thoughts on Rectify

Lauren James

Mar 10
Mar 10 Mysteries with Dirt on Their Hands

Lauren James

Oct 16
Oct 16 Justified: "Fire in the Hole"

Lauren James

Sep 28
Sep 28 Unique Loves: Damage (2009)

Lauren James

Sep 11
Sep 11 Songs about Murder: "Matty Groves"

Lauren James

Aug 24
Aug 24 Noir is a Mystery Where the Woman is the Crime

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I write crime, suspense, and mystery under the name Zoë Z. Dean.  My first short story, "Getaway Girl," won the Robert L. Fish Award in 2015 and was listed as a Distinguished Mystery Story by Otto Penzler in The Best American Mystery Stories 2015; "Charcoal and Cherry" (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine May/June 2017) received the 2018 Thriller Award for Best Short Story from the International Thriller Writers.

An Ellery Queen podcast of me reading "Getaway Girl" can be found here, and I did an interview with Grant Nebel of The Solute about crime fiction, Southern Gothic, and morality.  My essay on James M. Cain is available at EQMM's website.

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