• Craft

    The Art of Writing About Psychopaths: A Roundtable

    Caroline Kepnes, Naben Ruthnum, Edwin Hill, Caroline Louise Walker, Joanna Schaffhausen, and Lisa Levy break down the many psychopaths who populate our worlds, fictional and otherwise.

    May 19, 2021  By Lisa Levy
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    On Murder, Metafiction, and Mashups

    "All art is in conversation with what’s come before, and the artist’s job is to keep the conversation going: take something that sparked her interest, add to it and change it, then pass it along."

    May 19, 2021  By Daryl Gregory
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    What Can Fiction Do For True Stories That True Crime Can't? In An Answer: Empathy

    "While the "True" with a capital "T" aspect of true crime certainly has its appeal, fiction remains valuable in its ability to magnify reality and delve into the emotional truth."

    May 17, 2021  By Sadie Hoagland
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    Finding Inspiration for Fiction In the Kindness of Untruths

    "My own situation helped me create a character who might tell that kind of lie. Inspiration sprang from real life."

    May 13, 2021  By Anne Hillerman
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    I Owe You My Childishness: An Author's Defense of Escapism, Fun, and Generally Licentious Behavior in Thrillers

    For Aidan Truhen, now is the time for morally disimproving books.

    May 13, 2021  By Aidan Truhen
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    The "Three-Dimensional Game-Board" of Agatha Christie's Country Houses

    From family estates to Christie's wartime residences, a look at the homes that inspired her settings.

    May 11, 2021  By Phyllis Richardson
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    In Psychological Thrillers, It's All About the 'Wife'

    Move over, girls. There's a new trend in psychological thriller titles. These are the Real Wives of Domestic Suspense.

    May 10, 2021  By Kaira Rouda
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    Shop Talk: Stephen Mack Jones Writes with Godzilla at His Side

    Writers talk writing craft, unreliable laptops, and Detroit techno.

    May 7, 2021  By Eli Cranor
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    Why Are So Many Crime Novels Set In The Pacific Northwest?

    Hint: It's all the rain, gloom, secrecy, and serial killers.

    May 7, 2021  By Jason M. Hough
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    My First Thriller: Harlan Coben

    How Harlan Coben went from guiding tour buses in Spain to writing blockbuster novels that the French (and just about everyone else) can't get enough of.

    May 6, 2021  By Rick Pullen
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