Sara Gran Talks Publishing, Sex Magic, and Ownership for Authors ‹ CrimeReads

Last week, Sara Gran and I had an hour-long conversation on Zoom. We were supposed to be talking about her new publishing company, Dreamland Books, and its first release, Gran's novel The Book of the Most Precious Substance. Instead, our conversation ended up touching on almost every hot button topic in the genre, from gender politics to publishing issues. Our conversation was also very 2020/1: both of us bragged about washing our hair before the interview (it was, indeed, the first time someone had seen me in days). Sara Gran had recently gotten a real haircut, but assured me that she'd spent much of the pandemic cutting her own hair while smoking weed. (The drawback to this approach is that it apparently takes hours). I told her that while I thought I could do almost anything while stoned, I drew the line at haircuts. After that truly amazing icebreaker, we sat back and started talking crime fiction.