• Craft

    Finding Room for Black Hope, Black Justice, and Black Love in Noir Fiction

    To discover noir's anti-racist potential, Alaya Dawn Johnson had to wrestle with its racist classics.

    July 31, 2020  By Alaya Dawn Johnson
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    The Power—and the Responsibility—of True Crime Writing

    "From childhood, we are hardwired to be fascinated by danger, and by the dark potential of other humans."

    July 30, 2020  By Patrick Radden Keefe
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    How to Start a Long-Running Mystery Series From Scratch

    Characters are key to keeping a series going.

    July 29, 2020  By Allison Montclair
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    How a Lost Laptop and an Encounter with Criminal Bullfighters Saved My Novel

    Learning to write when inspiration strikes.

    July 28, 2020  By Stan Parish
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    All in a Day's Work: Why Do the Parker Novels Still Resonate So Powerfully?

    Fifty years later, Donald Westlake's passion for the logistics of crime captures our imaginations.

    July 24, 2020  By Nick Kolakowski
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    What We Relate To When We Relate to Books

    Is it the characters, or the scenario?

    July 23, 2020  By Josh Malerman
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    How To Write Realistically About Politics and Current Events When the Real World Can Be Stranger Than Fiction

    Tips from a political thriller writer on how to keep your writing relevant in a constantly changing world.

    July 22, 2020  By Eric Van Lustbader
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    Pain Is Universal—That's What Binds All of Crime Fiction Together

    From traditional mysteries to hardboiled noirs to psychological thrillers, there's a thread of pain through the books we love.

    July 21, 2020  By S. A. Cosby
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    How Writing a Nature Thriller Helped Me Tap Into the Extremes of Human Nature

    A Trip to the Mountains and a Story of Survival

    July 21, 2020  By Jen Waite
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    Why Exposing Kids to Horror Might Actually Be Good for Them

    An open letter to the two girls still stuck in the early showing of 'The Conjuring'

    July 15, 2020  By Stephen Graham Jones
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