• Craft

    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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    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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