Making It Up with Clémence Michallon, author of The Quiet Tenant

About this episode

Carter Wilson interviews Clémence Michallon about her debut thriller and her journey as a writer and journalist.

“I figured out at some point along the way that I was happier trying and failing than I was not trying at all.” — Clémence Michallon Clémence Michallon is an author and a journalist. Her debut thriller The Quiet Tenant was published in June 2023 and is an international bestseller. Her thriller Our Last Resort came out in July 2025. She was a staff writer at The Independent for five years, and is now a freelance journalist. Her work has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Time Ma...

People in this episode

Host: Carter Wilson

Guest: Clémence Michallon

Topics covered

• writing
• thrillers
• journalism
• author interviews
• publishing

Keywords

• Clémence Michallon
• The Quiet Tenant
• thriller
• journalism
• writing process

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Independent, The New York Times Book Review, Time Magazine

Books & works: The Quiet Tenant, Our Last Resort

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