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The protagonist of New York journalist Julia Dahl’s debut novel, Invisible City, released on May 6th by Minotaur Books, is a gutsy young tabloid reporter named Rebekah Roberts who, like Dahl herself, covers crime.

Invisible City is your debut novel, but you have written extensively about crime as a journalist. How was writing fiction about a crime different from writing a news piece about a crime? I think one of the things I enjoy most about writing is writing dialogue, and you don’t get to do a ton of

“Women sleuths are as popular as ever, especially as crime writers focus more and more on character, on family, on social issues. But it’s not just about these so-called feminine issues; female characters are tougher than ever as well.” says Kelley Ragland, editorial director for Minotaur. This summer Ragland is especially excited about Julia Dahl’s Invisible

Are you anything like your narrator, Rebekah Roberts? On the surface, yes. I was a freelance reporter for the New York Post for three years and now work for CBSNews.com covering crime. And my mother’s Jewish and my father’s Christian, like Rebekah’s parents. But Rebekah’s personality is different from mine. She’s braver than I am,