Episode 1: Halley Sutton and the drunk author cosplay
About the podcast
Scared Lit-less is the podcast for readers, writers, and other fans of the crime genre. Hosted by a psychological thriller author, the podcast will feature:
Thoughts about writing and telling stories in this genre
Recommendations for new books, documentaries, movies, podcasts, and other media
Interviews with writers of crime, thrillers, mysteries, and suspense
Trivia games and other fun shenanigans
Scared Lit-less is hosted by Amy Suiter Clarke, author of the novel Girl, 11 about a true crime podcast host obsessively trying to solve the cold case of Minnesota’s most notorious serial killer, whose victims were each a year younger than the last.
Quick five with a killer
In this segment, I interview a “killer” aka an author who writes stories that demand killing a lot of characters.
This episode features Halley Sutton, author of the debut feminist noir The Lady Upstairs.
Halley Sutton is the author of the forthcoming feminist noir, THE LADY UPSTAIRS (Putnam, 2020). She is a former Pitch Wars mentee. She currently lives in Los Angeles, CA, where she enjoys the noir history and trivia, reading about old murders, and discovering new nuggets about Hollywood and the cults in the area.
Her website is halleysutton.com.
Author or killer?
Author Bethany C. Morrow and I quiz each other with trivia facts we’ve gathered about a person who is either an author or a murderer. Can you guess?
Bethany C Morrow is an Indie Bestselling author who writes for adult and young adult audiences, in genres ranging from speculative literary to contemporary fantasy to historical. She is author of the novels MEM and A SONG BELOW WATER, and editor/contributor to the young adult anthology TAKE THE MIC, which was the 2020 ILA Social Justice in Literature award winner. Her work has been chosen as Indies Introduce and Indie Next picks, and featured in The LA Times, Forbes, Bustle, Buzzfeed, and more. She is included on USA TODAY's list of 100 Black novelists and fiction writers you should read.
Her website is www.bethanycmorrow.com.
A nervous rec
In this episode, Amy recommended:
Tenfold More Wicked: Hosted by true crime historian Kate Winkler Dawson, this podcast delves into the minds and stories of history’s most intelligent, evil serial killers.
Seven Lies: A gripping psychological suspense novel about the lies we tell to protect ourselves and others, and what happens when a friendship becomes more like an obsession.
The Jinx: The true-crime documentary that everyone was talking about…five years ago! If you haven’t already seen it, it’s about the “life and deaths of Robert Durst” a wealthy New Yorker accused of killing his wife, his neighbor…and possibly others.