• Craft

    Secrets, Smartphones, Social Media, and Suspense

    Or, How To Incorporate Modern Technology into Your Thriller Without Looking Dated

    January 21, 2021  By Ellery Lloyd
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    Paula Hawkins on Patricia Highsmith's Strangers on a Train, 70 Years Later

    The author of The Girl on the Train appreciates Highsmith's uniquely sickening vision of humanity.

    January 20, 2021  By Paula Hawkins
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    Poison in the Ear: Why Iago Is the Ultimate Thriller Character

    Shakespeare's villain, in all his treachery and complexity, still resonates, centuries later.

    January 20, 2021  By Chris Harding Thornton
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    Crime Fiction Needs Neurodiversity

    The human brain works in fascinating, diverse ways, and authors should strive to represent those modes in fiction.

    January 20, 2021  By Josh Stallings
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    A Novel Is So Much More Than Just The Sum of Its Parts

    After launching a new series in a new setting, P.J. Tracy reflects on the meaning of novelist synergy.

    January 15, 2021  By P.J. Tracy
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    Lee Child and Paraic O'Donnell on Moral Codes, Punching Nazis, and Human Evolution

    Two authors go deep on the history and significance of Reacher.

    January 12, 2021  By Paraic O'Donnell
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    The Thrill of Researching Your Crime Novel

    You, too, can travel the world, speak to interesting people, and craft convincing lies about murder and mayhem.

    January 12, 2021  By Lee Goldberg
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    Every Mystery Writer Knows, You Can Kill Anyone
    But The Dog

    Sulari Gentill on crime fiction's most unbreakable rule

    January 12, 2021  By Sulari Gentill
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    The State of California Crime Fiction: A Roundtable Discussion

    California crime writers discuss police, fires, pandemic, proposition politics, and the future of crime fiction.

    January 11, 2021  By Lisa Levy
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    ‘Funny, How?’ Why Comedy is Crucial in Crime Writing

    From the earliest days of crime fiction, humor has always been one of the author's most important weapons.

    January 11, 2021  By Christopher Fowler
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