• Craft

    Researching the Historical Mystery Setting, or, The Importance of a Site Visit

    Exploring your setting IRL is the best way to get the details right—and the local experts on your side

    November 22, 2024  By Clara McKenna
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    The Backlist: Megan Abbott on Noir, Fatalism, and Denis Johnson's 'Angels'

    Megan Abbott and Polly Stewart revisit Johnson's bleak and wild portrait of humanity.

    November 21, 2024  By Polly Stewart
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    Finding the Gothic in Arthurian Legends

    Sarah Jost on castles, romance, and madness in medieval tales and modern gothics

    November 20, 2024  By Sarah Jost
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    License to Thrill: The Real and the Unreal in Spy Fiction

    Michael Idov on the spy novelist's sleight of hand tricks.

    November 19, 2024  By Michael Idov
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    From the Foreign Service to the World of Thrillers

    Mel Harrison on mining his career in the diplomatic service for fiction.

    November 18, 2024  By Mel Harrison
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    Can A Fictional Character Change Real World Perceptions?

    Robyn Gigl on Crafting Her Iconic Trans Heroine, and the Need to Humanize Trans People Via Fiction

    November 8, 2024  By Robyn Gigl
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    Mothers Who Go to Extremes – And Drive the Action in Crime Fiction

    Maria Kelson on the kinds of mothers who make for great mystery and thrillers.

    November 5, 2024  By Maria Kelson
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    Paula Hawkins Talks Art, Feminism, and the Evolution of Her Thrillers

    Jenny Bartoy interviews Hawkins about her latest psychological thriller, "The Blue Hour"

    October 31, 2024  By Jenny Bartoy
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    Georgia Jeffries On Feeling Compelled to Write About Her Aunt's Murder

    Aldine Younger was murdered in 1933. Her killer escaped justice, and her family remains haunted by the case.

    October 31, 2024  By Georgia Jeffries
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    The Monster Within

    How two writers turned the visceral self-criticism of depression into a terrifying horror antagonist

    October 29, 2024  By Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta
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