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Megan Abbott
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Megan Abbott

Megan Abbott has taught literature, writing, and film at New York University and the State University of New York at Oswego. She received her Ph.D. in English and American literature from New York University in 2000, and in 2002 Palgrave Macmillan published her nonfiction study, The Street Was Mine: White Masculinity in Hardboiled Fiction and Film Noir. She lives in New York City.

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Broadway World, May 10, 2013
...7:00 p.m. at Library Headquarters, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd. Top mystery writers Michael Koryta, Ace Atkins, Megan Abbott, Reed Farrel Coleman and Hank Phillippi Ryan will read from recent work and discuss their craft. Copies of the authors' books will...
STLtoday.com, May 2, 2013
...$35. 314-367-6731. FRIDAY Suspense Night • Panel of thriller and mystery writers, featuring Michael Koryta, Ace Atkins, Reed Farrel Colman, Megan Abbott and Hank Phillippi Ryan. 7 p.m. St. Louis County Library, 1640 South Lindbergh Boulevard....
Firstpost.com, April 30, 2013
...the category American women novelists. Two minutes later, teen romance author Hailey Abbott suffered the same fate. Then Megan Abbott. The Wikipedia logo. AFP. At 8:51 PM Lambert, the one-man army to engender order in the universe, created a new...
New York Review of Books, April 29, 2013
...There is consternation at Wikipedia over the discovery that hundreds of novelists who happen to be female were being systematically removed from the category “American novelists” and assigned to the category “American women novelists.” Amanda...
Broadway World, April 26, 2013
...7:00 p.m. at Library Headquarters, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd. Top mystery writers Michael Koryta, Ace Atkins, Megan Abbott, Reed Farrel Coleman and Hank Phillippi Ryan will read from recent work and discuss their craft. Copies of the authors' books will...
PR.com, March 30, 2013
...and true crime writers. “Harrowing and haunting, Notes on a Killing will have you in its grip,” says Megan Abbott, Edgar-winning author of The End of Everything and Dare Me. “As they proved with Our Little Secret, Kevin Flynn and Rebecca Lavoie...
The Atlantic Wire, March 21, 2013
..."and I also showed quotes from books I’ve loved in the past year—Rosie Schaap, Karolina Waclawiak, and Megan Abbott were some writers who got shout-outs." Authors Emma Straub, Ron Currie, and Jami Attenberg were all on hand to read from their own...
Broadway World, May 10, 2013
...7:00 p.m. at Library Headquarters, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd. Top mystery writers Michael Koryta, Ace Atkins, Megan Abbott, Reed Farrel Coleman and Hank Phillippi Ryan will read from recent work and discuss their craft. Copies of the authors' books will...
Gloucester Co. Times, May 7, 2013
...Austin Hoffman, Christy Pentz, Erica Silver, Tyler Waddington, Emily Wardach, Kayla Winters. PRINCIPAL'S LIST GRADE 9 - Megan Abbott, Allison Adams, Adedoyin Adepoju, Nicholas Amorebella, Anthony Amoroso, Marissa Armandi, Cheridan Arthur, Alexander...
Topeka Capital-Journal, May 4, 2013
...University, pre-pharmacy Hutchinson High School: Tyler Blake, son of Charles and Sarah Blake, undecided, undecided Immaculata High School: Megan Abbott, daughter of Randy and Joy Abbott, Arizona State University, business Independence High School:...
Kalamazoo Gazette, May 4, 2013
...Janeigh Main had one. Ravenna defeated Kalamazoo Heritage Christian 3-1. Ravenna’s Audrey Hanson, Holley D’Avignon, and Megan Abbott scored one goal each. “The second half of that game was our best half, but we’re still not up to the level...
STLtoday.com, May 2, 2013
...$35. 314-367-6731. FRIDAY Suspense Night • Panel of thriller and mystery writers, featuring Michael Koryta, Ace Atkins, Reed Farrel Colman, Megan Abbott and Hank Phillippi Ryan. 7 p.m. St. Louis County Library, 1640 South Lindbergh Boulevard....
AlterNet.org, May 2, 2013
...the category American women novelists. Two minutes later, teen romance author Hailey Abbott suffered the same fate. Then Megan Abbott. At 8:51 PM Lambert, the one-man army to engender order in the universe, created a new category, Nigerian women...
Johnston County Herald, April 30, 2013
...Kiersten Quintois, Kori McCoy, Kyle Pfister, Leah Powell, Levi Martin, Linnae Dolby, Luke Dale, Luke Ennis, Marci Lawson, Megan Abbott, Michael Hewitt, Morgan Budzynski, Morgan Cuevas, Nadia Blevins, Nicholas Godwin, Nicholas Hesse, Nicholas Iuso,...