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The 5 Greatest Fictional Recurring Characters, According to Alison Gaylin

The 5 Greatest Fictional Recurring Characters, According to Alison Gaylin

The author of Robert B. Parker's Booked recommends friends and foes who refuse to die

By Alison Gaylin | June 18, 2026

Conspiracy Theories and The Lure and Terror of Group-Think

Conspiracy Theories and The Lure and Terror of Group-Think

Alison Gaylin considers the long history of fraught falsehoods embraced as absolute truths

By Alison Gaylin | February 6, 2025

They Get the Assignment: Alison Gaylin's Favorite Fictional Female Detectives

They Get the Assignment: Alison Gaylin's Favorite Fictional Female Detectives

These PIs move through the world with their own style.

By Alison Gaylin | September 12, 2024

Alison Gaylin on the Challenges of Bringing a Robert B. Parker PI into the Social Media Era

Alison Gaylin on the Challenges of Bringing a Robert B. Parker PI into the Social Media Era

How Sunny Randall got on Instagram

By Alison Gaylin | June 15, 2023

Why True Crime Podcasts Have Us So Enthralled

Why True Crime Podcasts Have Us So Enthralled

A crime author's appreciation for a new/old form of storytelling

By Alison Gaylin | July 16, 2019

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