In this collection of new and previously published essays, bestselling author Laura Lippman offers her take on a woman's life across the decades. Her childhood and school years, her newspaper career, her experiences as a novelist—Lippman finds universal touchstones in an unusual life that has as many twists as her award-winning crime fiction. Essays include: ·         Men Explain to Me ·         Game of Crones ·         My Life as a Villainess ·         My Father’s Bar ·         The 31 Stocking These candid essays offer long-time readers insight into the experiences that helped Lippman become one of the most successful crime novelists of her generation.