Clémence Michallon, The Independent

Clémence Michallon

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Past articles by Clémence:

A serial killer thriller where the killer doesn’t speak: Read an extract from Clémence Michallon’s The Quiet Tenant

In her debut thriller, Clémence Michallon tells the story of a male serial killer, through the voices of the women around him → Read More

This is Donald Trump’s second arraignment. Let’s not get used to this

This is a man whose playbook has long consisted of being so chaotically destructive that it becomes too hard to keep up. But this is not ‘Trump being Trump’ → Read More

This is Donald Trump’s second arraignment. Let’s not get used to this

This is a man whose playbook has long consisted of being so chaotically destructive that it becomes too hard to keep up. But this is not ‘Trump being Trump’ → Read More

Her son was killed in Parkland. She hopes a harrowing picture book will finally cause lawmakers to act

‘Joaquin’s First School Shooting’ borrows the aesthetics and language of children’s book, but its contents are purposely chilling. Patricia Oliver, whose son Joaquin was 17 when he died in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, tells Clémence Michallon how lawmakers are responding to the book → Read More

Writer Alice Sebold and man wrongfully convicted of raping her speak out:

Anthony Broadwater was exonerated in 2021 after spending 16 years in prison → Read More

These women were raped and reported the crimes. America’s police turned them into suspects

A new Netflix documentary sheds light on the cases of women who went to the police and reported being assaulted, only to be accused of false reporting. Clémence Michallon speaks to journalist Rachel de Leon, who investigated their stories → Read More

‘Sick Girl’ author Amy Silverstein posts final call to arms on transplant care before she dies at age 59

Ms Silverstein was a two-time heart transplant recipient who highlighted the need for better transplant care → Read More

Barack Obama held America’s highest job. Now, he’s getting a taste of what real work looks like

Years removed from the White House, Obama set out to explore what ‘working’ really looks like in a new documentary. Director Caroline Suh tells Clémence Michallon what went on behind the scenes → Read More

The lessons we should all be taking from E Jean Carroll’s Trump sexual abuse case

The Carroll v Trump trial provided some surprisingly helpful examples of how we might want to handle rape and sexual abuse cases → Read More

The lessons we should all be taking from E Jean Carroll’s Trump sexual abuse case

The Carroll v Trump trial provided some surprisingly helpful examples of how we might want to handle rape and sexual abuse cases → Read More

E Jean Carroll v Donald Trump: What each side said in closing arguments, as jurors prepare to deliberate

Ms Carroll alleges Mr Trump raped her inside a department store dressing room in the 1990s → Read More

From Blake Lively to Law Roach: Which celebrities are skipping the Met Gala this year?

Fashion’s biggest night out is returning with a tribute to the late designer Karl Lagerfeld → Read More

These authors’ books are some of the most challenged in the US. They’re speaking out

Maia Kobabe, Ibram X Kendi, and Susan Kuklin speak to Clémence Michallon → Read More

Don’t listen to Donald Trump. Many rape victims ‘don’t scream’ – and most never report their assaults

In just four sentences, Trump managed to spread multiple harmful myths about sexual assault → Read More

Looking For Alaska is one of the most challenged books in the US. It changed me as a reader – and made me a writer

John Green’s 2005 debut has been a frequent target of book banning efforts for 15 years. The book described in those challenges is not the book I remember → Read More

John Green on book bans, bad faith, and the ‘history of folks trying to control what other folks can read’

‘Looking For Alaska’, Green’s 2005 debut, has been a target of book banning efforts for at least 15 years. Clémence Michallon speaks to the author about America’s history of censorship, the need to trust young readers, and more → Read More

Eighty people died in Waco after an FBI standoff gone wrong. Here’s how it became a rallying cry for the far-right

Thirty years ago, a 51-day confrontation between law enforcement and David Koresh’s Branch Davidians ended in a catastrophic fire. Clémence Michallon reports → Read More

Harvey Weinstein will not be retried on rape and assault charges that left LA jury deadlocked

News stems from Weinstein’s Los Angeles trial, which ended with his conviction on rape and sexual assault charges → Read More

Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 16 more years in prison in Los Angeles rape case

Sentence comes two months after Weinstein was convicted of one count of rape and two counts of sexual assault → Read More

From Harvey Weinstein to Casey Anthony: The unbearable cruelty of the modern American courtroom

Clémence Michallon reports on some of the more distasteful moments from real-life US courtroom dramas in 2022 → Read More