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Steph Cha On Editing The Best American Mystery Series During An Unprecedented Year

Steph Cha On Editing The Best American Mystery Series During An Unprecedented Year

"2020 was full of desperation and injustice and crime, and if mystery writers are paying attention (and I know we are) it should have a transformative effect on the genre."

By Steph Cha | October 14, 2021

Why Dolores Hitchens' Less-Than-Glamorous Detective Is the Quiet Hero We Need

Why Dolores Hitchens' Less-Than-Glamorous Detective Is the Quiet Hero We Need

"[James Sader] fumbles through both novels without the benefit of any special charisma or genius. What he does have are the plain, well-worn tools of integrity and tenacity..."

By Steph Cha | July 12, 2021

Edgar Rice Burroughs and the City of Los Angeles

Edgar Rice Burroughs and the City of Los Angeles

Inside Burroughs' prescient novel of harassment and Hollywood.

By Steph Cha | February 7, 2020

We Need Noir—Because the Truth Is Dark, Messy, and Sometimes Ugly

We Need Noir—Because the Truth Is Dark, Messy, and Sometimes Ugly

Steph Cha looks at the divides of the crime writing community.

By Steph Cha | October 25, 2019

Nina Revoyr on Class, Power, and Privilege in the New/Old Los Angeles

Nina Revoyr on Class, Power, and Privilege in the New/Old Los Angeles

Probing the Secret World of Old Money Angelenos

By Steph Cha | April 9, 2019

Why Conspiracy Thrillers Are More Relevant Than Ever

Why Conspiracy Thrillers Are More Relevant Than Ever

Matthew Quirk on Writing Political Thrillers in a World Gone Mad

By Steph Cha | January 16, 2019

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