CRIME, PASSION & POWER — SAUNDRA REWIRES THE FEMALE ANTIHERO
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Before she was a bestselling force in crime fiction, Saundra was a 12-year-old writing sitcom-style scripts for fun. Today her pages belong to women who grind, scheme, and out-dominate their opponents without apology. That shock — “the audacity” of a woman matching a man’s ruthlessness — is exactly what pulls her back to the page.
Her leap from street lit to domestic thriller with My Husband’s Mistress Is Dead wasn’t a pivot — it was a reveal. Suspense was always in her pen, waiting for the right stage.
Grounded by Southern roots and sharpened by discipline, she writes with one rule: a book must force you to turn the page.
Saundra has lived both independent and major publishing. Indie taught her to build with community; a big house proved how far a loud voice can carry. And still, she names a truth most avoid: as a Black woman writing crime and thrillers, invisibility is the first hurdle. “I think we are not yet seen… we have to push ourselves to the front of the line and wave our hand like roll call in school.”
EXCERPT — SAUNDRA ON HER MOST DANGEROUS WOMEN
“Tabitha and Vivian were monsters — real-life killers. Even though both had it all, it was never enough.”
Read the full interview in the latest issue of Intellectual Ink Magazine.
