• Craft

    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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    7 Crime Tropes We Really Could Do Without

    It's time for a genre full of cliches to clean up its act.

    October 28, 2019  By Abigail Tarttelin
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    How to Write Crime Fiction Set in the Near Future

    "It isn’t so much about what’s possible, but what’s plausible."

    October 28, 2019  By Steven James
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    We Need Noir—Because the Truth Is Dark, Messy, and Sometimes Ugly

    Steph Cha looks at the divides of the crime writing community.

    October 25, 2019  By Steph Cha
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    Attica Locke: "My unconscious is a better writer than I am."

    The Texas crime author on the legacy of history, the resurgence of prejudice, and the meaning of forgiveness.

    October 25, 2019  By Molly Odintz
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    The Strange Story of Richard Wright’s Lost Crime Novel, Savage Holiday

    In 1954, at the height of his fame, Wright published a thriller with a white psychotic hero. The literary world did not approve.

    October 23, 2019  By Michael Gonzales
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    All the President's Men Was Crime Literature—The Ukraine Scandal Is Something Else

    Presidential scandals and the writing of a mystery classic

    October 21, 2019  By Noah Berlatsky
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