Kim Fay is the author of the historical novel The Map of Lost Memories, an Edgar Award finalist for Best First Novel, and the food memoir Communion: A Culinary Journey Through Vietnam. She is also the series editor of the “To Asia With Love” guidebooks. From Seattle, she lived in Vietnam for four years in the mid-1990s, and she has been traveling regularly to Southeast Asia for more than 20 years. She now resides in LA.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
Small Victories
Kim Fay interviews Alan Parks about his debut novel, “Bloody January.”...
Crime and History in “The Widows of Malabar Hill”
Kim Fay reviews “The Widows of Malabar Hill” by Sujata Massey....
The Bigger Picture
Kim Fay reviews the Inspector Sebag novels by Philippe Georget....
The Glamour Machine: Eve Babitz’s Los Angeles
“Slow Days, Fast Company” consistently reveals Babitz’s fascination with America, which she considered a place apart from Los Angeles....
Beyond the Confines of Race and Culture: “Hola and Goodbye: Una Familia in Stories”
Kim Fay on Donna Miscolta's latest book....
Relying on Others for a Sense of Self
Kim Fay reviews “In Plain View” by Julie Shigekuni....
Southern Crazy
Lisa Turner discusses her new novel, “Devil Sent the Rain.”...
Looking and Looking Away
Kim Fay reviews “Gesell Dome” by Guillermo Saccomanno....
Tender Noir
Kim Fay reviews “Darkness for the Bastards of Pizzofalcone” by Maurizio de Giovanni....
Modern Mexico in Stark Relief: On the Importance of Laura Esquivel
With “Pierced by the Sun,” Laura Esquivel shows why she’s one of Mexico’s best contemporary novelists....
Things That Make Me Angry
Kim Fay talks to Lisa Brackmann about broaching tough subjects in her crime fiction while also staying funny....
We Should All Listen
James Ziskin on his signature character, Ellie Stone....
Low Art
An interview with Denise Mina about crime writing and low art....
