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Gilly Macmillan and Susan Lewis on Finding Your Story and the Perfect Setting

Gilly Macmillan and Susan Lewis on Finding Your Story and the Perfect Setting

Two authors discuss their journeys in crime fiction.

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Remembering an Odd, Artful 'Requiem for the Detective Novel'

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A Discussion on Women<br> in Crime Fiction

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Crime authors discuss the evolving role of women in crime fiction, and why women readers come to these books again and again.

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