New York Times bestselling and award-winning psychological thriller writer, Chevy Stevens, returns to speak with me about writing dark subjects, running out of scary humans, and her latest “home invasion on wheels,” THE HITCHHIKERS.

Chevy's debut novel Still Missing became a New York Times bestseller and winner of the International Thriller Writers Award for Best First Novel in 2010.

Her popular books, including Those Girls — which Stephen King called “Incredibly scary and suspenseful” — have been published in over thirty countries and optioned for film and TV. 

New York Times bestselling author Karin Slaughter described her eighth novel, another standalone thriller titled THE HITCHHIKERS (available for pre-order and on-sale 10/7) as "A frightening and viscerally chilling road-trip-gone-wrong story."

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In Part Two of this file Chevy Stevens and I discussed:

How not all Canadians are friendly

Starting books with something innocent that morphs into terror

Why writing is like dating

Her love of the nostalgia of ‘70s Hollywood

Why Poltergeist is the scariest movie of all time

And a lot more!

Show Notes:

chevystevens.com 

The Hitchhikers: A Novel Hardcover – October 7, 2025 by Chevy Stevens (Amazon)

Chevy Stevens Amazon Author Page

Chevy Stevens on Facebook

Chevy Stevens on Instagram

Chevy Stevens on Twitter

Kelton Reid on Twitter

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