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Kristen Lepionka

Kristen Lepionka
Kristen Lepionka is the author of the novel, The Stories You Tell. She grew up mostly in her local public library, where she could be found with a big stack of adult mysteries before she was out of middle school. In the name of writing research, she has gone on multiple police ride-alongs, taken a lock-picking class, trespassed through an abandoned granary, and hiked inside an Icelandic volcano. Her writing has been selected for McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Grift, and Black Elephant. She is also the editor of Betty Fedora, a semi-annual journal that publishes feminist crime fiction and lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her partner and two cats. Her previous novels include What You Want to See and The Last Place You Look.


A Brief History of Queer Women Detectives in Crime Fiction

"The first well-drawn, fully-developed queer women characters I ever encountered were in the pages of crime fiction."

July 8, 2020  By Kristen Lepionka
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7 'Unlikeable' Women (Characters) You Should Get to Know This Summer

Pop culture is full of interesting women challenging stereotypes and ridiculous old questions about likeable characters.

July 10, 2019  By Kristen Lepionka
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From Gimmicks to Characters: Queerness in Crime Fiction

A Legacy of Stereotypes and a New Era of Complex Characters

June 4, 2018  By Kristen Lepionka
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