• Craft

    How Raymond Chandler and the Tate-LaBianca Murders Inspired the Making of Chinatown

    The strange, unlikely events in 1969 that set Robert Towne on a course to write one of the greatest films ever made.

    February 4, 2020  By Sam Wasson
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    Ten Books Where the Setting Is a Character

    From 1950s L.A. to Savannah's iconic squares, these books bring time and place alive in unforgettable ways.

    February 4, 2020  By Sarah Pinborough
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    Carl Hiaasen: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

    Discover the wild, corrupt, uproarious world of Hiaasen's Florida.

    January 30, 2020  By Neil Nyren
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    The Strange Rural Noir of Wilma Dykeman’s The Tall Woman

    Rediscovering A Lost Classic of Mid-Century Literature

    January 29, 2020  By Chris McGinley
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    Checking in with 2019's Breakout Crime Authors

    These crime authors broke through in a big way last year. We find out how their lives changed and what they're anticipating ahead.

    January 29, 2020  By Lisa Levy
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    How to Travel Like a Crime Novelist

    It's all research, especially when you ask about the escape routes.

    January 29, 2020  By Jeff Gunhus
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    What Authors Can Learn from the Greatest Long Takes in Movie History

    An unedited shot can create incredible tension and excitement—it works for novelists, too.

    January 28, 2020  By Nicci French
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    Me and the G-Man

    A crime writer's research sparks an unlikely
    friendship with an FBI agent

    January 27, 2020  By Nina Sadowsky
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    What We Write About When We Write About the Past

    How to make historical fiction true to its time period, without making it stuffy. (Hint: the devil is in the details.)

    January 24, 2020  By Raymond Fleishchmann
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    Crimes Without Punishment: Inside the Narratives That Border True Crime

    The books pushing at the boundaries of true crime storytelling.

    January 24, 2020  By Tobias Carroll
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