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Margot Douaihy

Margot Douaihy

Margot Douaihy, PhD, is the author of the queer hardboiled mysteries Blessed Water (2024) and Scorched Grace (2023), both published with Gillian Flynn Books, an imprint of Zando. Scorched Grace was a USA Today National Bestseller, an Indie Next pick, named a Best Book of 2023 by The New York Times, The Guardian, and CrimeReads, and the winner of the Pinckley Prize in Crime Fiction for best debut mystery. Margot is an assistant professor with Emerson College, and she serves as a co-editor of the Cambridge University Press “Elements in Crime Narratives Series.” Her recent academic research includes “Beat the Clock: Queer Temporality and Disrupting Chrononormativity in Crime Fiction,” a NeMLA 2024 paper. The next mystery in her Sister Holiday series, Divine Ruin, will be published in 2026.

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The Crucial Role of Queer Authors in Mystery & Thriller Genres

In the ever-evolving landscape of mysteries and thrillers, queer authors are bringing vital perspectives, narratological experimentation, and nuanced takes on criminality and justice. LGBTQ writers are crafting stories shaped by their lived experiences of chosen family, otherness, and code-switching. Queering crime fiction interrogates tropes and tests genre boundaries. Serving up…
Margot Douaihy
July 17, 2024