Episode #45 Interview with Sarah Langan author of Good Neighbors

In this episode of Postcards,three-time we have a very special guest the three time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Good Neighbors.  Langan was also one of the judges for the inaugural Shirley Jackson Award and is currently on the Board of Directors.  She got her MFA in creative writing from Columbia University, and also received her Master’s in Environmental Health Science/Toxicology from New York University. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughters. In this wide-ranging interview, we chat about writing horror as a woman, dodging the sexist and misogynist tropes of the genre, the writing of her debut novel the Keeper, being put in writer jail despite numerous awards, and a deep dive into her new novel Good Neighbors. Good Neighbors resists tight genre distinction but if you really want to know what it is I would call it a horror social satire of suburban culture. Like a modern re-telling of the classic Twilight Zone episode, The Monsters are Due on Maple Street Langan updates the concept by replacing the cold with climate change.  Laced with thriller elements this novel lends itself to a deep discussion as it is a fine work of social commentary. I suggest you read it first but there is still much to get from this novel. You can find my books here: https://bookshop.org/contributors/david-agranoff    Amazon-https://www.amazon.com/David-Agranoff/e/B004FGT4ZW    And me here: Goodreads-http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2988332.David_Agranoff    Twitter-https://twitter.com/DAgranoffAuthor    Blog-http://davidagranoff.blogspot.com/