You might call Ivy Pochoda the bard of bad women, an auteur of feminine fierceness.

For proof, look no further than the bestselling, L.A. Times Book Prize-winning “Sing Her Down,” her stunning 2023 noir thriller about two women prisoners. After you read it, you might never see a fork again without thinking of a bloody weapon.

Pochoda has also authored the critically acclaimed novels “The Art of Disappearing,” “Wonder Valley,” “Visitation Street” and “These Women.” A professor of creative writing in the University of California Riverside-Palm Desert MFA program, she won the 2018 Strand Critics Award for Best Novel and the Prix Page America in France, and she has been a finalist for the Edgar Award, among others.

Here’s an interesting bit of Pochoda trivia: She’s a former professional squ

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