Authors >
Megan Abbott

Megan Abbott
Photo Credit: Joshua Gaylord

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.

X Are you a fan?

Find out about new releases by this author, recommendations, special offers, and more.

Related multimediaclose x

Audio

1 to 1 of 1
  • 1635265513_1215389299001_119-full
    1. Listen to THE SONG IS YOU
    03:59
    45957445001
See more multimedia
Oct 22, 2009
Bury Me Deep is now available in Trade Paperback
Jul 07, 2009
Bury Me Deep will be released on July 07, 2009 in Trade Paperback
Jul 07, 2009
Bury Me Deep is now available in Trade Paperback
Jul 07, 2009
Bury Me Deep will be released on July 07, 2009 in eBook
Jul 07, 2009
Bury Me Deep is now available in eBook
Jul 07, 2009
Bury Me Deep is now available in eBook
Jul 01, 2009
Jun 27, 2009
Author Appearances have been announced:
Find Megan Abbott appearances
May 29, 2009
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Bury Me Deep
May 23, 2009
Mar 17, 2009
Bury Me Deep will be released on July 07, 2009 in Trade Paperback
Dec 19, 2008
Bury Me Deep will be released on July 01, 2009 in eBook
Dec 19, 2008
The Song Is You will be released on February 19, 2008 in Trade Paperback
Feb 19, 2008
The Song Is You is now available in Trade Paperback
Feb 19, 2008
The Song Is You will be released on February 19, 2008 in
Feb 19, 2008

Authors on the Web

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...
PRWeb, February 13, 2013
...To celebrate Valentine’s Day this year, writers from the Seal Press anthology , suggest their favorite romance-inspiring cocktails and mocktails. (Seal Press/2012) Valentine’s Day is nearly here, and depending on the mood you want to set this year,...
NBCNews.com, January 16, 2013
...you enjoy a great, nasty, manipulative anti-heroine? Becky Sharp is one of the all-time greats. 7. Dare MeBy Megan Abbott (Reagan Arthur Books) Abbott captures all the vindictiveness of teenage girls in this story about a team of competitive...
Chicago Tribune, January 11, 2013
..."This Is Not Your City" by Caitlin Horrocks. 1. "The Vanishers" by Heidi Julavits 2. "Dare Me" by Megan Abbott 3. "Where'd You Go, Bernadette" by Maria Semple 4. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn 5. "Netsuke" by Rikki Ducornet ? Caitlin D., Portland,...
New York Times, January 10, 2013
...course of all our lives is both everything and, suddenly, nothing. Hes a man on the floor, dead. Megan Abbott is the author of six novels, including “Dare Me...
New York Times, January 10, 2013
...course of all our lives is both everything and, suddenly, nothing. Hes a man on the floor, dead. Megan Abbott is the author of six novels, including “Dare Me...
NewsLetter, January 18, 2013
...of James Ellroy (with whom he shares a literary agent) and of the film noir-influenced, female-led work of Megan Abbott, says he is inspired to write about the things that frighten him; themes that keep him awake at night form the basis of his fiction. ...
Tennessean, January 18, 2013
...Bradford Gaines, Marisa Wirtz, Emma Kate Clanton, Spencer Ewing, Mason Hardaway, Tyler Moore Fifth-grade all As and Bs: Megan Abbott, Terry Bradley, Kameron Cantrell, Calo Hoffman, Laken Johnson, Carson Meloan, Trey Moore, Michalea Vega-Romero, Autumn...
NBCNews.com, January 16, 2013
...you enjoy a great, nasty, manipulative anti-heroine? Becky Sharp is one of the all-time greats. 7. Dare MeBy Megan Abbott (Reagan Arthur Books) Abbott captures all the vindictiveness of teenage girls in this story about a team of competitive...
Chicago Tribune, January 11, 2013
..."This Is Not Your City" by Caitlin Horrocks. 1. "The Vanishers" by Heidi Julavits 2. "Dare Me" by Megan Abbott 3. "Where'd You Go, Bernadette" by Maria Semple 4. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn 5. "Netsuke" by Rikki Ducornet ? Caitlin D., Portland,...
New York Times, January 10, 2013
...course of all our lives is both everything and, suddenly, nothing. Hes a man on the floor, dead. Megan Abbott is the author of six novels, including “Dare Me...
New York Times, January 10, 2013
...course of all our lives is both everything and, suddenly, nothing. Hes a man on the floor, dead. Megan Abbott is the author of six novels, including “Dare Me...
New York Times, January 10, 2013
...course of all our lives is both everything and, suddenly, nothing. Hes a man on the floor, dead. Megan Abbott is the author of six novels, including “Dare Me...