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How Does The “Justice System” Work For You?

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It prob­a­bly won’t sur­prise you to learn that I’ve nev­er been arrest­ed. It prob­a­bly won’t even sur­prise you to learn that for the first two decades of my life I’d nev­er known any­one who’d been arrest­ed, either. Like­ly, you can same the same thing. But not hav­ing to per­son­al­ly con­tend with the jus­tice sys­tem does­n’t […]

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It prob­a­bly won’t sur­prise you to learn that I’ve nev­er been arrest­ed. It prob­a­bly won’t even sur­prise you to learn that for the first two decades of my life I’d nev­er known any­one who’d been arrest­ed, either. Like­ly, you can same the same thing. But not hav­ing to per­son­al­ly con­tend with the jus­tice sys­tem does­n’t

LitHub’s 5 Crime Must-Reads to Devour This March

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Thrilled to be among some seriously badass writers on this list from LitHub. Lisa Levy writes of CONVICTION: ‘“I didn’t do it.” Four words scrawled on a piece of paper by a man serving a life sentence make their way into the hands of reporter Rebekah Roberts and a novel is born. Conviction is the

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Thrilled to be among some seriously badass writers on this list from LitHub. Lisa Levy writes of CONVICTION: ‘“I didn’t do it.” Four words scrawled on a piece of paper by a man serving a life sentence make their way into the hands of reporter Rebekah Roberts and a novel is born. Conviction is the

A *starred review* for CONVICTION from Publishers Weekly

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Just got news over the weekend that Publisher’s Weekly calls CONVICTION “outstanding!” “Dahl excels at revealing the inner workings of enigmatic subcultures while maintaining peak suspense. She also provides a terrific ‘whoa, I didn’t see that coming’ moment.”

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Just got news over the weekend that Publisher’s Weekly calls CONVICTION “outstanding!” “Dahl excels at revealing the inner workings of enigmatic subcultures while maintaining peak suspense. She also provides a terrific ‘whoa, I didn’t see that coming’ moment.”

A rave for CONVICTION from Kirkus

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Such an amazing review from Kirkus I have to quote it at length! “Juggling time frames more than 20 years apart, Dahl’s lean, hard narrative unravels a sad, squalid, and all-too-timely tale of deception in high and low places, deeply embedded racial animosities, and judicial mischief plausible enough to make readers wonder anew how many

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Such an amazing review from Kirkus I have to quote it at length! “Juggling time frames more than 20 years apart, Dahl’s lean, hard narrative unravels a sad, squalid, and all-too-timely tale of deception in high and low places, deeply embedded racial animosities, and judicial mischief plausible enough to make readers wonder anew how many

Mug Shot: Julia Dahl

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On the occasion of the paperback launch of RUN YOU DOWN, I talk to the Mystery Writers of America about bad reviews, what I’m reading, and why I don’t outline.

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On the occasion of the paperback launch of RUN YOU DOWN, I talk to the Mystery Writers of America about bad reviews, what I’m reading, and why I don’t outline.

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Invisible City takes home three awards at Bouchercon 2015

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I am humbled and thrilled to report that INVISIBLE CITY won the Barry, the Macavity and the Shamus Awards for Best First Novel. All three awards were presented at Bouchercon, the World Mystery Conference, in Raleigh, NC over the weekend of Oct. 10. I was nominated with some truly stellar books – THE LIFE WE

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I am humbled and thrilled to report that INVISIBLE CITY won the Barry, the Macavity and the Shamus Awards for Best First Novel. All three awards were presented at Bouchercon, the World Mystery Conference, in Raleigh, NC over the weekend of Oct. 10. I was nominated with some truly stellar books – THE LIFE WE

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