Katie Williams is the author of the novel TELL THE MACHINE GOODNIGHT, as well as the young adult novels ABSENT and THE SPACE BETWEEN TREES. Her short fiction has appeared in The Atlantic, Best American Fantasy, American Short Fiction, Prairie Schooner, Subtropics, and elsewhere. Katie is an assistant professor in fiction writing at Emerson College in Boston. TELL THE MACHINE GOODNIGHT was published in the UK by Borough Press.
Startling and original, My Murder is a gripping speculative twist on the crime novel. * Paula Hawkins, bestselling author of The Girl on the Train * Completely absorbing. A smart, speculative twist on domestic suspense. * Ashley Audrain, bestselling author of The Push * When did I last read a thriller this cool, this confident? This clever? A novel so hard-charging yet light on its feet? But best and most of all, this book is F-U-N. * A. J. Finn, bestselling author of The Woman in the Window * One of the most original, smart, funny and thought-provoking books you'll read this year * Daily Mail * My Murder is one of those rare emotionally intelligent books that are also fun reads, and it even manages to perform two or three plot turns that are so masterly that they would make Ira Levin blush. It's a book that's going to keep readers turning pages late into the night. * New York Times * So imaginative, so twisty - and so ORIGINAL - I am blown away by it. * R. L. Stine * I couldn't have inhaled My Murder more ravenously. Beautifully written, eerie, and darkly comic, with an irresistible premise flawlessly executed . . . My Murder is a revelation. * Katie Gutierrez, author of More Than You'll Ever Know * Katie Williams' My Murder is a sly, captivating twister of a novel. Darkly funny, deeply scary and utterly original, it will keep you guessing until its final, haunting pages. * Megan Abbott, bestselling author of The Turnout * Captivating and provocative, My Murder is at once a tense mystery and a bracing take on the realities of early motherhood. It's a sinister, daring thriller, with an absolute corker of an ending that I never saw coming. * Flynn Berry, bestselling author of Northern Spy * An intelligent murder mystery. Acerbic and disturbing in equal measure. * Publishers Weekly * Fans of feminist, speculative fiction will devour My Murder * Bustle, Most Anticipated Books of Spring & Summer 2023 * Ingenious ... Williams deftly swirls science fiction and domestic suspense plotlines into this fresh and unpredictable tale. Imbued with a sharp feminist consciousness, ""My Murder"" cheekily invokes and subverts the conventional serial-killer-stalking-terrified-women plot. * Washington Post * With this suspenseful, smart sophomore effort-a briskly paced story with charming characters at its core-Williams has delivered an intelligent, insightful murder mystery that illuminates her imagined world and our own. * Kirkus * You've never read a thriller like My Murder. With this murder mystery in the style of Kazuo Ishiguro...Williams offers deft commentary on the commercialization of true crime, trauma, motherhood, and fame, with the pacing of a breathless thriller. It's a twist on the genre you won't be able to stop reading. * Glamour * For all its twists and turns, My Murder is grounded in character development, and Lou's uneasy, complicated feelings about motherhood and domesticity shine through. * Chicago Review of Books *