• Craft

    Walking the Hybrid Tightrope with Romantic Suspense

    How do authors pull off the tricky balance of action and amore?

    October 5, 2020  By Irene Hannon
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    Houdini, Escapist Fiction and The Role of Art

    Why do some draw a line between literary art and escapist fiction?

    October 5, 2020  By Lonnie Busch
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    The Strange Life and Mysterious Disappearance of a Very American Painting

    Craig Johnson on Custer, and the painting that ornamented barroom walls across America, then vanished.

    October 2, 2020  By Craig Johnson
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    Alison Stine on Dystopian Nightmares and Her New "Climate Chaos" Thriller

    This Week on Unlikeable Female Characters Podcast

    September 30, 2020  By Unlikeable Female Characters 
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    The Evolution of Jack Reacher

    Lee Child's biographer on the creation of an iconic figure, from the first draft to the published novel.

    September 29, 2020  By Heather Martin
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    Human Resources: How My Conspiracy Fiction Began to Bleed Into My Life

    On Conspiracy, Commodification, and Corporate Nightmares

    September 29, 2020  By Jeremy Robert Johnson
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    What Are the Sexiest Books in Contemporary Crime Fiction? Authors Discuss

    Our "sex in crime fiction" roundtable needed two parts because there was just too much to discuss.

    September 28, 2020  By Lisa Levy
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    Why Writers Are Always in Pursuit of the Maltese Falcon

    Ninety years later, the draw of Hammett's mysterious bird statuette remains strong, especially for writers.

    September 25, 2020  By Gordon McAlpine
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    A Brief Introduction to Honkaku and Shin Honkaku Mysteries

    It's time to appreciate the long tradition of Japanese puzzle mysteries inspired by the Golden Age of detective fiction.

    September 25, 2020  By Tara Cheesman
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    The Philosopher and the Detectives: Ludwig Wittgenstein's Enduring Passion for Hardboiled Fiction

    Wittgenstein spent his life investigating the mysteries of language. His inspiration came from pulp magazines.

    September 24, 2020  By Philip K. Zimmerman
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