“Seriously,” jokes the author when asked. The ex-debutante-turned-author has the quadruple-barreled name of Cornelia Ludlam Fabyan Read. Caustic, gripping and distinctive - intelligent entertainment.” She’s a great character, and her creator is a great storyteller. “In her shadowed complexity and stubborn - but fragile - integrity, Madeline resembles many of the genre’s most enduring protagonists. “Madeline’s deadpan voice, acid wit and psychological depth are the perfect counterpoint to the novel’s positively Gothic plot,” raved Kirkus. Reviews have been just as wonderful as they were for Read’s debut.
It returns us to the late 1980s world of Madeline Dare who this time out has signed on as a teacher at a boarding school for disturbed teenagers. Read’s latest book, The Crazy School (Grand Central) was published in January. Field of Darkness from 2006 was enthusiastically reviewed, widely praised and would come to be nominated for just about everything for which it was eligible, including the Edgar Award, the RT Book Club Critics Choice, the Gumshoe, the Audie, the Macavity and the Barry awards for best debut novel. It does not at this point seem possible that Cornelia Read’s debut novel was published just two years ago.
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