• Craft

    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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    How I Stopped Worrying About the Rules and Learned to Write a Mystery Novel

    Workshops, an MFA, and a pair of literary novels couldn't prepare him for the intricate workings of noir, so he turned to the masters.

    July 14, 2020  By Sung J. Woo
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    What Does It Take for Two People To Actually Write a Novel Together?

    Smith Henderson and Jon Marc Smith on the ups and downs of collaborative writing and the years-long quest to create a thriller.

    July 13, 2020  By Smith Henderson and Jon Marc Smith
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    Finally, A New Children's Book About Agatha Christie

    An exciting find in a children's book landscape that rarely celebrates the heroines of genre fiction.

    July 10, 2020  By Radha Vatsal
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    How I Helped Bring Gay Men to the World of International Thrillers—And Found a Readership of Women in the Process

    In a genre long dominated by action and archetypes, an author discovers a new audience.

    July 10, 2020  By Timothy Jay Smith
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    The Missing Link Between Golden Age Detectives, Hardboiled Noir, and Hallucinogenic Adventure

    Diving into the world of Joel Townsley Rogers's The Red Right Hand

    July 10, 2020  By Joe R. Lansdale
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    My First Thriller: Steve Berry

    After twelve years and eighty-six submissions, Steve Berry's persistence finally paid off with the launch of a blockbuster series.

    July 9, 2020  By Rick Pullen
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    Do the Best Adaptations Keep the Author At Arm's Length?

    A screenwriter and crime writer thinks back on 20 years of the collaborative process.

    July 8, 2020  By David Klass
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    Why Genre Labels Are Utterly Meaningless But Incredibly Fun to Debate, Especially While Drinking

    Is Indiana Jones an adventure story or a heist movie? Is Brody the hero of 'Jaws' or is the shark? It all depends on perspective.

    July 8, 2020  By Jay Stringer
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