An article from The Sunday Times (October 5, 2025) features an interview by Aoife Barry with bestselling crime author Ruth Ware. The piece explores how Ware channels personal anxieties into her gripping mystery novels and why she believes writing crime is beneficial for mental health.
Ware discusses the emotional release that comes from transforming fear and anxiety into fiction, describing crime writing as a healthy way to process darker thoughts. She reflects on her success with novels like The Woman in Cabin 10 and her latest book, The Woman in Suite 11, recently adapted for Netflix starring Keira Knightley and Guy Pearce.
She notes that women, often more attuned to fear due to societal conditioning, tend to write it convincingly. Ware also addresses how women’s testimony has historically been seen as less reliable — especially young women’s — a theme explored in her new work.
The piece highlights her belief that crime fiction resonates because it imposes order and justice in a chaotic world, offering readers (and writers) a sense of control and catharsis. Ware will appear at the Murder One Festival in Dublin in late October.
