• Craft

    Noir Fiction: When the Real Is Too Raw

    Laird Barron on leg-breakers, Alaskan hard men, and writing toward a piece of the truth.

    May 26, 2020  By Laird Barron
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    Cancer, My Mystery Novel, and Me: A Survivor's Story

    I had always been too afraid to write a police procedural. Fighting cancer taught me not be afraid of anything.

    May 22, 2020  By Rachel Howzell Hall
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    Writing in the Time of Corona

    Olen Steinhauer on the ideas that get writers to the keyboard during times of crisis.

    May 20, 2020  By Olen Steinhauer
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    Read Bong Joon Ho's Parasite as a Graphic Novel in Storyboards

    It's going to change the way you watch the movie.

    May 20, 2020  By Bong Joon Ho
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    Five Books That Will Make Your Child a Future Crime Writer

    And other lessons learned from pandemic reading and writing.

    May 19, 2020  By Ivy Pochoda
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    Graphic Content: Entering the sci-fi noir world of Lemire, Kindt, and Rubin’s Cosmic Detective

    Three acclaimed creators worked in secret for over two years to create the complex, layered world of Cosmic Detective.

    May 18, 2020  By Alex Segura
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    Bookstagram: The Antidote to Social Media Grift

    "No one was humblebragging about their perfect lives—they were humblebragging about the ARCs they were excited to read."

    May 15, 2020  By Janelle Brown
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    Scott Turow on the One Character Who Keeps Coming Back to Him, Again and Again

    On Kindle County, Sandy Stern, and a career in novels.

    May 12, 2020  By Scott Turow
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    Genre Labels: What Makes a Book More Thriller Than Sci-Fi?

    An author examines the borderlands of two closely related genres.

    May 11, 2020  By S. L. Huang
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    How Do You Balance the Needs of Modern Readers with the Details of the Past?

    Mariah Fredericks & Jess Montgomery on research, character, and the craft of historical fiction.

    May 11, 2020  By Jess Montgomery & Mariah Fredericks
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