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The Subversive Appeal of the Female Stalker Novel

The Subversive Appeal of the Female Stalker Novel

In real life, we behave. In fiction, we indulge...

By Megan Collins | January 15, 2025

Tech Thrillers

Tech Thrillers "Rooted in the Ever-Mounting Tensions Between Technology and Human Nature."

Sara Sligar looks at the literature of future shock

By Sara Sligar | January 15, 2025

Presume Nothing: Scott Turow on the Rule of Law, Race, and Revisiting Rusty Sabich

Presume Nothing: Scott Turow on the Rule of Law, Race, and Revisiting Rusty Sabich

A wide-ranging conversation with the author of 'Presumed Innocent' and the new 'Presumed Guilty'

By John B. Valeri | January 14, 2025

How To Know If Your Idea Is a Novel or a Screenplay, and Why Thrillers Make Great TV

How To Know If Your Idea Is a Novel or a Screenplay, and Why Thrillers Make Great TV

Sandra Chwialkowska on her career in TV writing and her move to writing a novel.

By Sandra Chwialkowska | January 14, 2025

Mackenzie Reed: From Writing Songs to Writing Novels

Mackenzie Reed: From Writing Songs to Writing Novels

"Songwriting laid the foundation for me to know how to tell stories."

By Mackenzie Reed | January 10, 2025

Lifting the Blindfold: Tracy Clark on the Line Between Justice and Vengeance

Lifting the Blindfold: Tracy Clark on the Line Between Justice and Vengeance

Clark discusses her ongoing series and writing about Chicago.

By John B. Valeri | January 9, 2025

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My First Thriller: Kate White

By Rick Pullen | January 9, 2025

Historical Crime Novels Featuring Agatha Christie Vibes

By Fiona Davis | January 8, 2025

Why We Tell The Same Stories Over and Over Again (And Get Something Different Each Time)

By Isa Arsén | January 7, 2025

Six Trick Novels That Play with Form

Six Trick Novels That Play with Form

Gareth Rubin on books that "spin upside down and back to front, have three endings one after another, restart again and again and then disappear into a black hole."

By Gareth Rubin | January 6, 2025

Jane Pek on Meta-Mystery, Spy Thrillers, and Finding Her Story

Jane Pek on Meta-Mystery, Spy Thrillers, and Finding Her Story

The author of 'The Rivals' discusses the progression of her AI dating app mysteries.

By Elizabeth Held | January 2, 2025

Fredric Brown: Chronicler of Con Artists, Clowns, and Capitalist Excess

Fredric Brown: Chronicler of Con Artists, Clowns, and Capitalist Excess

"Fredric Brown had...a powerful sense of the absurdly capricious cruelty of life"

By Curtis Evans | December 27, 2024

How Misunderstanding Can Drive a Plot in Crime Fiction

How Misunderstanding Can Drive a Plot in Crime Fiction

Alex Kenna on fiction where terrible mistakes are made for morally complex reasons.

By Alex Kenna | December 20, 2024

Bonnie Kistler on Suspense, Surprise Twists, and Crime in Florida

Bonnie Kistler on Suspense, Surprise Twists, and Crime in Florida

The author discusses her new 'Gaslight'-influenced thriller, 'Shell Games'.

By Peter Handel | December 18, 2024

Rhythm in Storytelling

Rhythm in Storytelling

D. M. Rowell (Koyh Mi O Boy Dah) on the oral storytelling tradition and the cultivation of suspense.

By D.M. Rowell (Koyh Mi O Boy Dah) | December 17, 2024

M.W. Craven: An Englishman in New York

M.W. Craven: An Englishman in New York

How one author learned about the many varieties of getting pissed.

By M. W. Craven | December 17, 2024

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