• Craft

    How to Create a Character for Our (or Any Other) Unjust Time

    Ron Currie on writing fiction through a dark period.

    March 25, 2025  By Ron Currie
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    Great Middle Grade Mysteries for All Ages

    "When I thought about the readers I wanted to reach...I knew that a mystery was the way to grab them—and a series was the way to keep them reading."

    March 21, 2025  By Alyson Gerber
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    The Role of Family Secrets in Crime Novels and Thrillers

    How family histories and secrets serve as catalysts for criminal behavior and plot development.

    March 21, 2025  By January Gilchrist
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    Detections and Digressions:
    A Close Reading of P.D. James’ Devices and Desires

    James set out to capture British society more broadly than her predecessors, yet her novels had more in common with the Golden Age than she ever cared to admit

    March 20, 2025  By Curtis Evans
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    Science Fiction, Locked Room Mysteries, and the Joy of Literary Games

    Olivia Waite on rewriting the rules of the universe and solving a mystery in space

    March 19, 2025  By Olivia Waite
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    Connie Briscoe Talks Setting, Suspense, and Moral Ambiguity with Karin Slaughter

    Three decades into a long and varied writing career, Briscoe's latest reinterprets du Maurier's "Rebecca" for a modern audience

    March 18, 2025  By Karin Slaughter
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    6 Mysteries That Will Make You Turn Back to Page One

    Aggie Blum Thompson on the art of the late chapter reveal.

    March 14, 2025  By Aggie Blum Thompson
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    On Listening to Your Stories: Writing Across Genres in a Shelf-Specific World

    Kate Maruyama on horror and...not fiction.

    March 12, 2025  By Kate Maruyama
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    How a Career as a Diplomat Informed a Life as a Writer

    "[D]iplomatic life can look charming and elegant in movies. In reality, it can prove dangerous and stressful. What does this have to do with writing? Everything."

    March 12, 2025  By Stephen Holgate
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    Nick Kolakowski on Mining the Past for a Hollywood Fixer Mystery

    In 'Where the Bones Lie,' the usual Hollywood madness is spinning out of control.

    March 11, 2025  By Nick Kolakowski
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