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How Sarah Langan Took Her Deepest Fears as a New Mother and Built Them Into a Novel

How Sarah Langan Took Her Deepest Fears as a New Mother and Built Them Into a Novel

"Before writing this piece, I asked some friends if they’d ever experienced this fear. They looked at me like I was nuts. So I’m willing to believe I’m alone. But it’s a big world. Probably, I’m not."

By Sarah Langan | April 10, 2024

Charlie Huston On Writing His Way To Sobriety

Charlie Huston On Writing His Way To Sobriety

"These are quite literally the most sober words I have ever written."

By Charlie Huston | April 9, 2024

Lindy Ryan on Setting a Vampire Novel in a Small Texas Town

Lindy Ryan on Setting a Vampire Novel in a Small Texas Town

"I know late-nineties Southeast Texas, [and] I know monsters."

By Lindy Ryan | April 8, 2024

Teresa Dovalpage On Capturing Havana's Past and Present Through Fiction

Teresa Dovalpage On Capturing Havana's Past and Present Through Fiction

Lorraine Lopez talks with the Cuban-American author about her ever-evolving Havana Mystery series

By Lorraine Lopez | April 4, 2024

The Good, the Bad, and the 80s: On Writing and Nostalgia

The Good, the Bad, and the 80s: On Writing and Nostalgia

"Everything is perspective, and the foundations of perspective are memory and ignorance."

By Carter Wilson | April 3, 2024

Cowriters SJ Rozan & John Shen Yen Nee On Reimagining Forgotten Histories

Cowriters SJ Rozan & John Shen Yen Nee On Reimagining Forgotten Histories

Solve crimes and navigate historical flashpoints with their time-jumping duo of detectives, inspired by Chinese historical figures

By SJ Rozan and John Shen Yen Nee | April 3, 2024

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Don Winslow Reflects on Writing His Final Novel

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Brendan Flaherty on Estrangement, Home, and the Rippling Effects of Trauma in 'The Dredge'

By Jenny Bartoy | March 28, 2024

Y'all Means All: On the Growing Diversity of Southern Gothic and Rural Noir

Y'all Means All: On the Growing Diversity of Southern Gothic and Rural Noir

These "crime and gothic writers [are] reshaping the mythical South as we know it"

By Bobby Matthews | March 27, 2024

Cozy Renegades: Novels that Push the Boundaries

Cozy Renegades: Novels that Push the Boundaries

Rob Osler on the authors challenging the traditional 'rules' of cozy mysteries.

By Rob Osler | March 25, 2024

Kate Thompson and K. D. Alden Talk Historical Fiction and Women's History

Kate Thompson and K. D. Alden Talk Historical Fiction and Women's History

By CrimeReads | March 21, 2024

In Defense of Queer Joy in Historical Fiction

In Defense of Queer Joy in Historical Fiction

"Queer people lived and loved and thrived through every era of history"

By Brianna Labuskes | March 19, 2024

The Backlist: Jonathan Kellerman on Returning to Margaret Millar and Ross Macdonald

The Backlist: Jonathan Kellerman on Returning to Margaret Millar and Ross Macdonald

Kellerman sits down with Polly Stewart to discuss Millar's classic noir.

By Polly Stewart | March 19, 2024

The Evolution of the Private Investigator in Historical Romance

The Evolution of the Private Investigator in Historical Romance

On crafting historically plausible detectives who are ready to woo your heroine

By Elizabeth Everett | March 18, 2024

Tana French on Embracing Discomfort, Irish Wit, and Chosen Family in <em>The Hunter</em>

Tana French on Embracing Discomfort, Irish Wit, and Chosen Family in The Hunter

"It's about people who are on the periphery. They're not exactly outsiders. They're not exactly insiders."

By Jenny Bartoy | March 15, 2024

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