Mele’s debut, People Like Us, was shortlisted for the 2019 ITW Thriller Award for Best Young Adult Novel and is an ALA Rainbow List Selection. Their sophomore novel, Summer's Edge, was a Barnes & Noble YA Book Club Selection and a New York Public Library Best Books for Teens title.
Mele's new novel is The Beast You Let In.
[ Q&A with Dana Mele]
At CrimeReads the author tagged ten memorable horror stories from film and fiction that feature twins, including:
Luke and NellRead about the other entries on the list.
Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Hill House is both a novel and a Netflix adaptation, though the characters are only twins in the series. Luke and Nell each battle their own demons stemming from a haunting past, and they share an almost supernatural bond.
Though they drift apart over the years, it’s doubtful even death can drive a wedge between them. Loyalty, love, and realistic flaws make them relatable and lovable, whatever fate holds for the Crane twins.
The Haunting of Hill House also appears on Camilla Bruce's list of five novels featuring houses to die for, Jen Williams's list of the five best novels about hauntings, Sara Flannery Murphy's five top thriller and horror books with “House” in the title, Lisa Unger's list of five great horror novels that explore the darkest corners of our minds, Dell Villa's list of seven of the best haunted houses in literature, Kat Rosenfield's list of seven scary October reads, Michael Marshall Smith's top ten list of horror books, Carlos Ruiz Zafón's top ten list of 20th-century gothic novels, and Brad Leithauser's five best list of ghost tales.
--Marshal Zeringue
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