Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Siena Sterling, Ashley Winstead

Mystery to Me taps into the rising trend of “dark academia” thrillers — described by one book blogger as “moody and mysterious narratives that usually take place within the confines of an esteemed university or boarding school. ” This virtual discussion will feature three up-and-coming authors — two from London and one from Texas. Siena Sterling’s Tell Us No Secrets takes place at an all-girls school and revolves around a game in which characters lose their virginity; Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé’s Ace of Spades is a young adult novel in which the only two Black students at an elite academy are brutally bullied by an anonymous texter; and Ashley Winstead’s In My Dreams I Hold a Knife follows the lives of six female friends reunited at their 10-year college reunion and forced to confront an unsolved murder. Register here for the Crowdcast stream.

media release: Authors Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé (Ace of Spades), Siena Sterling (Tell Us No Secrets), and Ashley Winstead (In My Dreams I Hold a Knife) discuss the rising trend of dark academic thrillers. Joining us from the UK and here in the US, this is sure to be a creepy, delightful conversation!

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Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé is a writer from South London who has dreamt of writing books about black kids saving (or destroying) the world all her life. She is an avid tea drinker, and a collector of strange mugs. Faridah currently studies English Literature at a university in the Scottish Highlands. She is the author of Ace of Spades.

Siena Sterling is an American living in London. Before moving to England, she worked at Doubleday bookstore in New York, in political campaigns, and for the Federal Railroad Administration. TELL US NO SECRETS is her debut thriller.

Ashley Winstead holds a Ph.D. in contemporary American literature from Southern Methodist University and a B.A. in English and Art History from Vanderbilt University. She lives in Houston, TX, where she drinks red wine and dreams up novels. Her debut thriller, IN MY DREAMS I HOLD A KNIFE, is out now and THE LAST HOUSEWIFE will publish in August.