Melanie McGrath

Writer, Freelance

Melanie McGrath writes narrative nonfiction and crime novels. She is the author of the crime bestseller Give Me the Child (2017) and her most recent book is The Guilty Party (2019). She lives in London.

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Written by Melanie McGrath

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Social psychology

Good Samaritans after all

It’s a truism of social psychology that witnesses are less likely to intervene if other onlookers are present. Not so

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Gender

Murder she wrought

Female thrill-killers are rare in crime fiction. Why is it hard to imagine a woman who murders for pleasure not revenge?

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Sleep and dreams

Stories in the night

Insomnia brings many gifts — the noises of the night, the twist of narrative, and a stolen march on time

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Biography and memoir

On the hard red road

As a road cuts into their rainforest home, the Mayagna people consider how much modernity they really want

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