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    Ron Currie Talks Craft,
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    "[Y]ou have to root your characters in something bigger than themselves"

    By Matthew Coleman Turbeville | August 6, 2026

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    By Matthew Coleman Turbeville | June 5, 2024

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    Ivy Pochoda on Women, Violence, and the Power of Crime Stories

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