Ourshelves: Survival with Megan Abbott

Megan Abbott, Edgar-award winning author of eight novels including the HBO series-adapted&nbsp;<em>Dare Me&nbsp;</em>and her latest ballet school-set&nbsp;<em>The Turnout&nbsp;</em>is celebrated for her dark, precise depictions of young women in hothouse environments. She tells Lucy Scholes how thrillers honour women’s instincts of fear, why she’s too shy to write true crime and her admiration for a female film director flipping the script on nudity.<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>