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

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.

By Daneet Steffens | February 22, 2022

Lisa Jewell on Craft, Inspiration, and Why She Needed to Write a Boarding School Murder Mystery

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.

By Daneet Steffens | September 7, 2021

Jane Harper: The Australian Crime Author Everyone Seems to Be Reading

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.

By Daneet Steffens | February 3, 2021

William Boyle's Technicolor Brooklyn Noir

William Boyle's Technicolor Brooklyn Noir

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

By Daneet Steffens | March 3, 2020

Alex Marwood on Psychological Thrillers, Hypnotism, and Cults

Alex Marwood on Psychological Thrillers, Hypnotism, and Cults

An author pursues her obsessions.

By Daneet Steffens | January 15, 2020

Steve Cavanagh on Writing Legal Thrillers for the Little Guy—and Serial Con Artists

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.

By Daneet Steffens | August 12, 2019

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Megan Abbott Wants to Be Part of the Mystery

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

By Daneet Steffens | July 17, 2018

Sharon Bolton on Writing About the

Sharon Bolton on Writing About the "Dark Place"

"I May Be a Mash-Up of Charlotte Bronte and Stephen King!"

By Daneet Steffens | September 5, 2017

Sue Grafton from A to Z

Sue Grafton from A to Z

Talking to the Author of Y is for Yesterday

By Daneet Steffens | August 22, 2017

Denise Mina: Telling the True Crime Stories of Gritty Glasgow

Denise Mina: Telling the True Crime Stories of Gritty Glasgow

On Fictionalizing the Infamous Peter Manuel Murders

By Daneet Steffens | May 23, 2017

Malcolm Mackay: Life in the Golden Age of Scottish Crime Fiction

Malcolm Mackay: Life in the Golden Age of Scottish Crime Fiction

From the Quiet of the Hebrides to the Mean Streets of Glasgow

By Daneet Steffens | April 10, 2017

David Mark on the Clarity of Good vs. Evil in Crime Fiction

David Mark on the Clarity of Good vs. Evil in Crime Fiction

The Author of the Aector McAvoy Series Heads to NYC

By Daneet Steffens | February 7, 2017

Ian Rankin: There's Nothing </br>Crime Fiction <em>Can't</em> Do

Ian Rankin: There's Nothing
Crime Fiction Can't Do

The Creator of D.I. John Rebus on a Career Spanning More Than 30 Years

By Daneet Steffens | January 24, 2017