Anika Scott

Anika Scott

International bestselling author

Anika Scott Author in green jacket
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  • The Anxious Generation

    After listening to the really interesting interview Trevor Noah did with the author of The Anxious Generation, I did a bit of research to get the critical side of the argument that social media and screen time are harming young people. It wasn’t just my old journalist instincts kicking in.…

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  • The Leopard

    The Leopard

    The first time I read The Leopard, the novel about the fall of a Sicilian noble family in the 19th century, I was dazzled. I…

  • Neuromancer, or – what the heck?

    Neuromancer, or – what the heck?

    I don’t write sci fi, one of the reasons it’s relaxing to read. Usually. It’s not something I read often, so to me, every sci…

  • A born author

    A born author

    One of my daughter’s friends came over for a chat the other day, a pretty big deal when you’re talking about teenagers. I’d heard a…

  • Fave Fiction Podcasts

    Fave Fiction Podcasts

    I am an unashamed podcast junkie. I inhale them. I listen to them while driving, house cleaning, cooking, walking, crafting, drawing, knitting, playing games or…

  • The Power of Myth

    The Power of Myth

    Lately, I’ve been rereading books that had a big effect on me when I was younger. We’re talking stuff I haven’t looked at in 20…

  • Classic Japanese Mysteries

    Classic Japanese Mysteries

    I have no idea when I started reading vintage mystery novels by Japanese authors. Maybe after I visited my brother in Japan in 2017. I…

  • Five years later

    Five years later

    My first novel The German Heiress debuted near the start of the pandemic in 2020 — what’s changed since then? About me as an author,…

  • Wilkommen, bienvenue, welcome

    Wilkommen, bienvenue, welcome

    Thanks for stopping by my site! I write suspenseful, sophisticated fiction, starting with the international bestseller The German Heiress, about a woman confronting her past…

● About Me

I’m the author of The German Heiress, The Soviet Sisters, and Sinners of Starlight City. In this picture, you see how thrilled I was to find my second novel in an airport bookshop (go Raleigh!). I write books because I love stories. They help me make sense of the world. That might also be why I’m an American living abroad. I experience the world so I can write about the things that make us all human.

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