Making It Up with Lauren Nossett, author of The Resemblance
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"Since so many thrillers are based around some kind of crime—which is a break in our social order—it is the perfect vehicle to explore the human condition... Thrillers and crime fiction really allow for an under the microscope, us looking at what happens when the social order breaks down." — Lauren Nossett
Lauren Nossett is a professor turned novelist and the award-winning author of the thrillers The Resemblance and The Professor. Her books have been Amazon Editors picks and featured in The New York Times, Buzzfeed,E! News, and Paste Magazine. Described as "elegant and thoughtful" by The New York Times and "impossible to put down" by Paste Magazine, The Resemblance won the ITW Thriller Award for Best First Novel and was chosen as a Book All Georgians Should Read. Her next novel, Indie Darling, will release July 2026.
Among other things, Lauren and Carter discuss their experiences at writing conferences like ThrillerFest, maintaining a fast pace in a thriller, and how she completely rewrote her recent novel. At the end of their conversation, they make up a dark story using a line from Elise Hart Kipness’s Dangerous Play.