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Daneet Steffens
Daneet Steffens is a writer, editor, researcher and book critic who divides her time between the US's Pacific Northwest and the UK's North East.


Why Rob Hart Needed to Write a Time Travel Hotel Detective Novel

After his breakout hit, The Warehouse, Rob Hart was looking for a new idea. He found it in a very particular hotel.

February 22, 2022  By Daneet Steffens
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Lisa Jewell on Craft, Inspiration, and Why She Needed to Write a Boarding School Murder Mystery

More than twenty years later, Jewell still resists making any firm plans for her novels.

September 7, 2021  By Daneet Steffens
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Jane Harper: The Australian Crime Author Everyone Seems to Be Reading

Since her breakout debut, The Dry, Harper has become an international sensation. Expect much more to come.

February 3, 2021  By Daneet Steffens
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William Boyle's Technicolor Brooklyn Noir

The author's noirs capture the borough in all its madcap, desperate, violent complexity.

March 3, 2020  By Daneet Steffens
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Alex Marwood on Psychological Thrillers, Hypnotism, and Cults

An author pursues her obsessions.

January 15, 2020  By Daneet Steffens
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Steve Cavanagh on Writing Legal Thrillers for the Little Guy—and Serial Con Artists

A world of lawyers, mobsters, and con men who always punch up.

August 12, 2019  By Daneet Steffens
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Mick Herron on the Art of the Misfit Spy Thriller

Talking Dark Humor, Voracious Reading and Castoff Spies

June 10, 2019  By Daneet Steffens
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Kate Atkinson Loves a Good Secret

Lies, Spies, and Revelations in Atkinson's World of Espionage

September 27, 2018  By Daneet Steffens
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Sarah Weinman's Life of Crime

Building a Career as a Literary Detective, One Case at a Time

September 11, 2018  By Daneet Steffens
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Megan Abbott Wants to Be Part of the Mystery

Megan Abbott on Women in Science, Blue Velvet, & Writing for TV

July 17, 2018  By Daneet Steffens
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