In this episode of Killer Women Podcast, Danielle Girard welcomes debut author Lauren Wilson, whose intoxicating thriller The Goldens is already making waves. They dive into the creative journey behind this fever-dream debut—how Lauren wrote (and rewrote) her way into publication, what inspired the chilling allure of influencer Clara Holland, and why the dark side of reinvention, especially among young women, feels both timeless and terrifying.

Set in a glittering world of influencers, lavish parties, and dangerous friendships, The Goldens asks: what happens when ambition meets obsession—and who are we willing to become to belong?

If you love thrillers dripping with atmosphere, danger, and glitter, The Goldens is your next obsession—and this conversation is the perfect place to start.

Lauren Wilson has a degree in journalism and an MA in creative writing, both from Northumbria University. She previously worked as a freelance radio reporter and for Mslexia, a magazine committed to championing women’s writing. The Goldens is her first novel.

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This week on Killer Women Podcast, Danielle Girard is joined byaward-winning, bestselling author Megan Abbott to talk about her new thriller, El Dorado Drive—a hypnotic tale of sisterhood,ambition, and the dangerous allure of reinvention.

Danielle and Megan dive into:

• The inspiration behind El Dorado Drive
• Megan’s journey from novelist to screenwriter—and her recentdeal with A24 🔥
• Why we can’t stop reading about women on the edge

Dark, atmospheric, and psychologically rich, this conversation is everything you’d expect from one of today’s most celebrated voices in suspense.

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Megan Abbott is the bestselling award-winning author of eleven novels. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, The Guardian, and The Believer. Her novel, The Turnout, was a New York Times bestseller, a  #ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick, and a Los Angeles Times Book Prize winner. It also earned her finalist recognitions for the International Thriller Writers Award, the Joyce Carol Oates Prize, and has also been optioned for TV by the producer of Sharp Objects. Dare Me was featured multiple times in the NYT's 10 Best Books of the 21st Century piece. Television rights to El Dorado Drive were recently optioned by A24 (Euphoria, Beef) with Abbott attached to write. In addition, she is the co-creator and executive producer of USA's adaptation of Dare Me and was a staff writer on HBO's David Simon show The Deuce. Abbott lives in New York City.

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CLÉMENCE MICHALLON is the author of The Quiet Tenant, a USA Today and international bestseller and nominee for the Hammett Prize. She’s also a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Time Magazine, The Independent, and more. Clémence was born and raised near Paris, has lived in New York since 2014, and became a U.S. citizen in 2022. Our Last Resort, her second thriller, is coming out on July 8 and is available for pre-order. She can be found on Instagram at @clemencemichallon.

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Danielle Girard sits down with bestselling author Lauren Myracle to talk about her bold leap from children's and YA books to her deliciously dark first adult thriller, Plays Well With Others.

Lauren opens up about:

• The not-so-sweet reality of children’s and YA fiction
• Pros and cons of authors "branding" themselves into one genre
• And how embracing creative freedom led her to write a thriller filled with revenge, betrayal, and the dark side of neighborhood charm
Set on picture-perfect Sweetwater Lane, Plays Well With Others is a twisty, character-driven page-turner about grudges gone wild, toxic friendships, and what happens when good girls stop playing nice.

Whether you're a longtime Lauren Myracle fan or discovering her darker side for the first time, this episode is full of laughs, honesty, and literary rebellion.

Lauren Myracle is an icon of children’s literature, the New York Times bestselling author of many books for young readers, including the Winnie Years series, the Flower Power Series, and the Life of Ty series. She grew up in Atlanta, Georgia and earned a BA in English and Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She later earned an MA in English from Colorado State University, where she taught for two years. Plays Well With Others is her debut novel for adults.

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OLIVIA WORLEY is an author born and raised in New Orleans. A graduate of Northwestern University, she now lives in New York City, where she spends her time writing thrillers, overanalyzing episodes of The Bachelor, and hoping someone will romanticize her for reading on the subway. She is the author of People to Follow and The Debutantes.

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In this episode of Killer Women with Danielle Girard, bestselling author Katia Lief joins the show to talk about her gripping new thriller, Women Like Us. Danielle and Katia dive deep into the story behind the story, exploring the emotional and cultural undercurrents that shaped this timely and powerful book.

From the creative forces that shaped her style to the complexity of managing multiple pen names, Katia chats openly about her publishing journey. The conversation also touches on power of female friendships, the lasting reverberations of the Me Too movement, and how internalized rage can erupt—and empower—both in real life and in storytelling.

Whether you're a writer, a reader, or a fan of fierce female perspectives, this episode delivers insight, inspiration, and a look at what it takes to write stories that matter.

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KATIA LIEF teaches fiction writing at The New School in Manhattan and lives with her family in Brooklyn. She is the author of Invisible Woman. Earlier work includes A Map of the Dark and Last Night published under the pseudonym Karen Ellis, as well as USA Today and internationally bestselling novels Five Days in Summer, One Cold Night, and The Money Kill, which was nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award.

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Sarah Pinborough is the award-winning, #1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of the psychological thriller (and hit Netflix show) Behind Her Eyes and more than twentyother novels and novellas, including Insomnia and the young adult thriller 13 Minutes. She has also written for the BBC. She lives in England. 

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Allison Buccola is the author of The Ascent and Catch Her When She Falls. She has a JD from the University of Chicago and lives in the Chicago suburbs with her husband and their two young children.

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Sarina Bowen is a #1 Amazon bestselling author, a 24-time USA Today bestseller, and a Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary novels. Formerly a derivatives trader on Wall Street, Sarina graduated magna cum laude from Yale University with a BA in economics. Sarina's books are published in more than 15 languages with twenty international publishers.

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Kylie Lee Baker is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Keeper of Night duology and The Scarlet Alchemist duology. Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng is her debut adult novel. She grew up in Boston and has since lived in Atlanta, Salamanca, and Seoul. Her writing is informed by her heritage (Japanese, Chinese, and Irish), as well as her experiences living abroad as both a student and teacher. She has a BA in creative writing and Spanish from Emory University and a master of library and information science degree from Simmons University. Find her at www.kylieleebaker.com/home

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