Laura Lippman is the author of six New York Times bestselling novels and an award-winning short story anthology, and the creator of the Private Investigator Tess Monaghan series. Laura Lippman was a reporter for twenty years, before turning to novel writing full time. Her most recent book is Wilde Lake, released on May 3, 2016. She will a featured author at the Thurber House on May 4.

Listen in for our discussion of Wilde Lake, how Laura writes about her hometown, and what it’s like to have a novel adapted for a movie.