Nicole Ransome
Nicole dabbles in mysteries & thrillers, but she has always had a passion for the dark world of horror. From terrifying tales like William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist to Stephen King’s It, Nicole enjoys it all. She loves the psychological page-turners and stories told from the villain’s POV, like Caroline Kepnes’ You series. When not exploring the dark side of content, she’s diving deep into her guilty pleasure: Real Housewives.
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Articles and interviews
David Baldacci’s latest pushes an everyman to his breaking point
The prolific author thrives on the “dopamine dump” of writing and on “starting from square one” with new characters in "Nash Falls.”
A cold-case reporter sets out to solve her mother’s murder in Mary Burton’s latest
The bestselling author talks about “What She Saw,” whether we’ll hear more from Sloane Grayson in future books, and what she’s listening to now.
"Vanderpump Rules" star Scheana Shay shares hard-earned lessons in “My Good Side”
Beyond her reality TV stories, Shay shares her experiences with OCD, her past and present relationship issues, and her struggles in parenthood and fertility in her memoir.
“Clueless” is turning 30—and we’re totally buggin’
Miss the anniversary of my favorite ’90s movie that spawned a thousand one-liners, a television spin-off, and even a book series? As if!
An intimate look inside the mind of a charming con man and the women he preys upon
Bestselling author Lisa Jewell talks about her new multicast psychological thriller, “Don’t Let Him In,” why she writes her villains in the first person, and the genre she’d love to try writing someday.
Bestselling writer Sarah Richards pens a brand-new “Smash Hit”
An obsession with a quest for fame leads an aspiring author down a dangerous path in Richards’s newest thriller.
In Lisa Unger’s latest thriller, hide-and-seek is anything but child’s play
With “Close Your Eyes and Count to 10,” Unger showcases another resilient heroine, this time on a secluded island amid a reality TV show that turns deadly.
With "The Queen," Nick Cutter has mastered the art of creepy-crawly horror
The bestselling author unpacks it all: why he uses a pen name, the challenges of writing a modern teen perspective, the fun of writing villains, and more.
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