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Out of the Ashes: Meg Gardiner on Deadlines, Drama and Deviant Psychology
After collaborating with Michael Mann on 'Heat 2', the author is back with a new installment in her UNSUB series.
By
John B. Valeri
| July 22, 2024
Is History Only For Historical Novels?
Five ways to use the past in contemporary crime fiction.
By
Connie Berry
| July 22, 2024
Memory, Subjectivity, and the Rashomon Effect
"Memory and perception are slippery things, and become all the more so when filtered back through the limitations of language."
By
Sarah Easter Collins
| July 19, 2024
Sarah Pearse On Crafting Atmospheric Suspense
"To effectively evoke an intense sense of atmosphere, I need to have spent a lot of time in the setting myself"
By
Sarah Pearse
| July 18, 2024
The Backlist: Margot Douaihy and Polly Stewart Revisit Patricia Highsmith's 'Edith's Diary'
Discussing Highsmith's classic of toxic suburbia
By
Polly Stewart
| July 17, 2024
Maisie Dobbs and the Incarnation of Character
Jacqueline Winspear on the humble origins of her iconic sleuth
By
Jacqueline Winspear
| July 12, 2024
Best Reviewed
Books of the Week
Die Laughing: Humor in Serial Killer Novels
By
Preston L. Allen
| July 11, 2024
How to Turn Surprising Historical Facts Into Compelling Historical Fiction
By
Kate Quinn
| July 10, 2024
Writing Destination Thrillers on Location
By
Caro Carver
| July 10, 2024
Chris Offutt on Nature, Appalachia, and the "Code of the Hills"
"In the hills, nature is a constant force—beautiful and relentless. At times brutal. The sounds of bird and wind in the leaves is a constant backdrop to the life I experienced as a child and as an adult."
By
Chris McGinley
| July 9, 2024
Fact vs. Fiction: Real Crime Stories Make Good Novels
Laura Essay reflects on a real-life crisis and how fiction can deepen our empathy.
By
Laura Essay
| July 9, 2024
On Secret Societies, Dark Academia, and Blending the Real with the Unreal
Derek Millman was in the depths of writer's block when he received a binder detailing a year in one of Yale's secret societies.
By
Derek Milman
| July 3, 2024
Fictional But Faithful:
Writing Georgia O'Keeffe
as an Amateur Sleuth
"She was alert to the infinitesimal that others might miss. For her, the Sherlock Holmes magnifying glass would be redundant."
By
Kathryn Lasky
| July 3, 2024
What Do Creators Owe Their Real-Life Subjects?
Robyn Harding on the power and the pitfalls of basing thriller characters on real people.
By
Robyn Harding
| July 2, 2024
My First Thriller: Heather Graham
From dinner theater in Florida to 70 million books in print, and counting.
By
Rick Pullen
| July 1, 2024
The Beautifully Terrifying, Alluring, Decadent Reality of Paris
Shan Serafin on living the expat dream and accidentally writing his darkest, most personal thriller yet.
By
Shan Serafin
| June 28, 2024
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