Randy Susan Meyers

Randy Susan Meyers

The drama of Randy Susan Meyers' internationally bestselling novels is informed by over twenty years working with criminal offenders and families impacted by emotional and physical violence. 

The Widow of Wall Street, described by PW as “An engaging and sharp reflection of the rapid changes in marital dynamics over the course of the 20th century, as well as a cautionary tale about the dangers and allure of ambition in the heyday of Wall Associated Press called the novel “compelling.” Previous novels, The Murderer’s Daughters and Accidents of Marriage were finalists for the Massachusetts Book Awards, who wrote the Massachusetts Council of the Book, who wrote, “The clear and distinctive voice of Randy Susan Meyers will have you enraptured and wanting more.” The Boston Globe called Meyers’ second novel, The Comfort of Lies “Sharp and biting, and sometimes wickedly funny when the author skewers Boston’s class and neighborhood dividing lines, but it has a lot of heart, too.” Choosing Accidents of Marriage as a People “Pick of The Week,” the magazine wrote, “This novel’s unsparing look at emotional abuse and its devastating consequences gives it gravity and bite, while a glimpse into a physically damaged mind both surprises and fascinates.”
 The Murderer’s Daughters, deemed a “Knock-out Debut” by the LA Times was a nationwide Target Book Club pick. Meyers lives in Boston and teaches at Boston’s Grub Street Writers’ Center and at Writer in Progress in Northampton, MA.

What To Do Before Your Book Launch: A Guidebook

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What to expect when you’re expecting your book? What’s going to happen first, and second, and third?  Pre-launch of my debut novel,  the breadth of information I had to learn overwhelmed me—were there an eight-day week into which I could tap. During the 2-24 months between signing a book contract and receiving those freshly pressed … Read more

MUDBOUND = Spellbound

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I can’t imagine I am the first person to come up with the above title, but I can think of no other way to express my admiration for this book. And by admiration, I do not mean the awe-struck, wow-this-is-pretty-writing regard that I would give a brilliantly constructed book that engendered my respectful yawning. Mudbound … Read more

Ten Secrets to Sinatra Gardening

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“If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere.” I sing those words to newly-purchased plants I drive them home. My garden, rather than a zone of tender nurturance and rule-following is a survival of the fittest zone. I began gardening on a whim, with containers in the front of my then-narrow townhouse, and … Read more

Give Mom Some (Reading) Schadenfreude for Mother’s Day!

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Four years ago, at an event at the incredibly wonderful Reading Public Library (in Reading Massachusetts) one of the librarians bought my second novel book, The Comfort of Lies, for her mother. For Mother’s Day. Using a large amount of not-usually-available-to-me control, I didn’t say any of the following: “Nothing says Happy Mother’s Day like a … Read more