Clark Award and received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews. Her second novel, Only the Guilty Survive, was released this summer.
She studied journalism and advertising at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. Currently, Robards works in communications at a nonprofit organization.
When she isn’t writing her next book, Robrads is spending time with her children, gardening, reading, or tackling a new sewing project. She lives outside Chicago with her family.
Recently I asked the author about what she was reading. Her reply:
Currently, I’m reading A Flicker in the Dark, the suspenseful debut by Stacy Willingham. It follows Chloe, a psychologist haunted by the crimesVisit Kate Robards's website.her serial killer father committed twenty years ago. It’s well-written and engrossing—the very definition of a page-turner. This is the second book I’ve read by Willingham, and I’m impressed by her character development and pacing.
I like to balance my reading list, alternating between fiction (mostly thrillers and mysteries) and nonfiction. I just finished Tangled Vines: Power, Privilege, and the Murdaugh Family Murders by John Glatt. This story proves that truth can certainly be stranger than fiction. Glatt is thorough in his presentation of the events leading up to the crimes. My interest in this case was piqued after seeing a documentary series on Netflix, but I was leftwondering why and why now. Glatt answered those questions in his book.
Mysteries always appeal to me, especially when I can see fictional thrillers happening in real life and when I have to suspend belief in true crime accounts. Those are the stories that always make it to the top of my reading list.
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Q&A with Kate Robards.
--Marshal Zeringue
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