May Cobb

May Cobb is the bestselling author of "All The Little Houses," released in January, "The Hollywood Assistant," and "My Summer Darlings," Her thriller, "The Hunting Wives," was adapted into a No.1 Netflix hit show, and her books have received attention from Book of The Month, the Today Show, and O, the Oprah magazine. She has a Master's from San Francisco State University and her essays and interviews have appeared in The Washington Post and Good Housekeeping. She lives in Austin with her family. 

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Plot Twists and Page-Turners

In this session, we will learn how May Cobb, Julie Clark and Christina Estes, writers at the top of their game, keep their readers guessing.

Koffler Room 216 (Seats 89, Wheelchair accessible)  
Sat, Mar 14, 2:30 pm - 3:25 pm
Mystery / Thrillers
Signing area: Sales & Signing Koffler/Commons (following presentation)

Panelists: Julie Clark, May Cobb, Christina Estes
Moderator: Alissa Lee
Sponsors: Session made possible courtesy of Research Corporation for Science Advancement, Sundt Construction, Inc.

Shades of Mystery

Three very different authors with three very different books will compare notes on how they set the tone in their popular mysteries.

Student Union Tucson Room (Seats 110)  
Sun, Mar 15, 11:30 am - 12:25 pm
Mystery / Thrillers
Signing area: UA Campus Store Book Sales (Mall) (following presentation)  

Panelists: May Cobb, Zoe Wallbrook, Marisa Walz
Moderator: Susan Fifer
Sponsors: Session made possible courtesy of Pima Foundation, Susan and Barry Austin

Books:

All the Little Houses

A Novel
Mystery / Thrillers
Sourcebooks, Incorporated
January 2026
ISBN 9781464245794
480 pages
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It's the mid-1980s in the tiny town of Longview, Texas. Nellie Anderson, the beautiful daughter of the Anderson family dynasty, has burst onto the scene. She always gets what she wants. What she can't get for herself… well, that's what her mother is for. Because Charleigh Andersen, blond, beautiful, and ruthlessly cunning, remembers all too well having to claw her way to the top. When she was coming of age on the poor side of East Texas, she was a loser, an outcast, humiliated, and shunned by the in-crowd, whose approval she'd so desperately thirsted for. When a prairie-kissed family moves to town, all trad wife, woodworking dad, wholesome daughter vibes, Charleigh's entire self-made social empire threatens to crumble. Who will be left standing when the dust settles? More/less

The Hunting Wives

Mystery / Thrillers
Penguin Publishing Group
February 2022
ISBN 9780593101148
368 pages
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Sophie O'Neill left behind an envy-inspiring career and the stressful, competitive life of big-city Chicago to settle down with her husband and young son in a small Texas town. It seems like the perfect life with a beautiful home in an idyllic rural community. But Sophie soon realizes that life is now too quiet, and she's feeling bored and restless. Then she meets Margot Banks, an alluring socialite who is part of an elite clique secretly known as the Hunting Wives. Sophie finds herself completely drawn to Margot and swept into her mysterious world of late-night target practice and dangerous partying. As Sophie's curiosity gives way to full-blown obsession, she slips farther away from the safety of her family and deeper into this nest of vipers. When the body of a teenage girl is discovered in the woods where the Hunting Wives meet, Sophie finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation and her life spiraling out of control. More/less