• Craft

    Noah Hawley and Billy Bob Thornton Look Back at the First Season of Fargo

    The creator and star of Fargo's first season discuss adapting the Coen brothers and creating a modern classic of noir.

    November 5, 2019  By Noah Hawley
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    Joseph Kanon: Why Spies Are the Ideal Subjects for Writers

    Two spy novelists sit down to discuss fiction, turning points in history, how we inherited our world from The Third Man.

    November 5, 2019  By Paul Vidich
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    Atmospheric Pressure:
    The Big Sleep at Eighty

    80 years ago, Raymond Chandler reinvented crime fiction with a novel that valued atmosphere—and style—above all else.

    November 1, 2019  By Janet Roger
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    The Literary Roots of Backcountry Noir

    In rural crime fiction, families are bound together like chain gangs.

    November 1, 2019  By Jake Hinkson
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    The Real Dracula Is a Detective Story—and an Incredibly Complex, Fascinating Mystery

    Forget what you think you know about the ur-vampire story. Bram Stoker's masterpiece was a sprawling, radical detective novel.

    October 31, 2019  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    The Best Book Covers of October

    The Best Cover Art in Crime, Mystery, and Thrillers

    October 31, 2019  By CrimeReads 
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    CrimeReads Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories of October

    Charles Willeford's Miami, Richard Wright's crime novel, and the cultural legacy of Nancy Drew.

    October 31, 2019  By CrimeReads 
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    The State of the Crime Novel: A Roundtable Discussion with Crime Authors

    Bouchercon's Anthony Award nominees discuss where crime fiction is and where it's going.

    October 30, 2019  By CrimeReads 
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    The Perks of Living in a Haunted House

    Every writer communes with ghosts. If you can start from childhood, all the better.

    October 29, 2019  By Erica Wright
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    5 Scary Movies with Invaluable Lessons for Crime Writers

    Learning to write suspense, one scary movie at a time.

    October 29, 2019  By Lisa Black
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