Her mystery Famous in Cedarville received a starred review from Publishers Weekly and was called "a clever little whodunnit" in The New York Times Book Review. She is the author of five other books, including the poetry collections Instructions for Killing the Jackal and All the Bayou Stories End with Drowned. Her poems have appeared in Blackbird, Denver Quarterly, New Orleans Review, Painted Bride Quarterly, The Rumpus, and elsewhere. Wright was the senior poetry editor at Guernica Magazine for more than a decade and currently teaches at Bellevue University. She holds degrees from New York University and Columbia University. She lives in Knoxville, Tennessee with her family.
At CrimeReads Wright tagged eight books that "use established narratives, but approach them from unexpected angles, often violent ones." One title on the list:
Northanger Abbey by Val McDermidRead about another entry on the list.
First of all, I love that Val McDermid calls her adaptation of Austen’s novel by its original title. It’s a no-nonsense approach that suits the lauded crime writer’s style. And it seems as if she enjoyed writing this contemporary version of events against a backdrop of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The book was part of the short-lived Austen Project, which cajoled well-established writers into trying their hands at Austen adaptations. The project was abandoned, though, before Mansfield Park and Persuasion got their due. Writing this description made me want to reread the novel, but I’m even more excited about McDermid’s upcoming Queen MacBeth (already out in the UK).
--Marshal Zeringue
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