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What Sam Shepard Taught Me About Exploring The Darkness Within

What Sam Shepard Taught Me About Exploring The Darkness Within

On discovering Shepard's work and finding purpose in exploring "the darkest, most jagged edges of the human condition"

By Peter Malone Elliott | January 12, 2024

James Grippando: 30 Years of Lightning Bolts, Percolators, and other Sources of Inspiration

James Grippando: 30 Years of Lightning Bolts, Percolators, and other Sources of Inspiration

Reflections on three decades of Florida legal thrillers – and where it all comes from.

By James Grippando | January 11, 2024

Catching Up with Louise Penny in Iceland

Catching Up with Louise Penny in Iceland

G.M. Malliet sat down with Penny at the recent Iceland Noir conference to discuss traditional mysteries, thrillers, and a return to Three Pines.

By G.M. Malliet | January 10, 2024

Shane’s Lot: How a 1949 Gun-Toting Loner Still Rides Through American Literature

Shane’s Lot: How a 1949 Gun-Toting Loner Still Rides Through American Literature

Maria Hummel on American Iconography and the 21st Century Revival of Western Writing

By Maria Hummel | January 10, 2024

Passionate Distortions: Patricia Highsmith and the Female Protagonist

Passionate Distortions: Patricia Highsmith and the Female Protagonist

Katia Lief on channeling Highsmith's powerful, repulsive character studies for a new era

By Katia Lief | January 9, 2024

Cozy Mystery Subgenres: Making the Perfect Blend

Cozy Mystery Subgenres: Making the Perfect Blend

Mixing it up with historical, paranormal, and romantic cozies

By Patricia Sargeant, writing as Olivia Matthews | January 4, 2024

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The Importance of the Plot Twist

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By Terri Parlato | January 3, 2024

The Rise of "Mom-Noir"

By Katherine Faulkner | January 2, 2024

Shop Talk: A Year of Writing Advice and Stories from the Trenches

Shop Talk: A Year of Writing Advice and Stories from the Trenches

Eli Cranor talks with today's top crime writers about craft, routine, and what gets them through the writing day.

By Eli Cranor | December 21, 2023

Sherlockian Collaborations and the Joys of Fandom

Sherlockian Collaborations and the Joys of Fandom

Writer Bonnie MacBird and illustrator Frank Cho on bringing Holmes to life in their holiday mystery, "What Child Is This?"

By Bonnie MacBird | December 21, 2023

The Queen of Grit Lit has a New Novel

The Queen of Grit Lit has a New Novel

Bonnie Jo Campbell talks with Chris McGinley about her brutal and beautiful new novel, "The Waters"

By Chris McGinley | December 21, 2023

Ausma Zehanat Khan on Oppression, Rage, and Crafting a Palestinian Detective

Ausma Zehanat Khan on Oppression, Rage, and Crafting a Palestinian Detective

International human rights lawyer and author Khan considers the many layers of her character's anger and driven morality

By Ausma Zehanat Khan | December 20, 2023

Alexis Soloski on Theater, Criticism, and the Mystery of Performance

Alexis Soloski on Theater, Criticism, and the Mystery of Performance

The culture critic discusses her debut novel.

By Kevin Canfield | December 19, 2023

And They All Died Happily Ever After: Cozies, Grimdarks, and Modern Morality

And They All Died Happily Ever After: Cozies, Grimdarks, and Modern Morality

Or, How Cozy Mysteries Reflect the Evolving Morality of the Modern Age

By Mindy Quigley | December 18, 2023

Crafting Creepy Crime Fiction in the Danish Countryside

Crafting Creepy Crime Fiction in the Danish Countryside

Sara Blaedel and Mads Peder Nordbo on a writing partnership honed in rural Scandinavia.

By Sara Blaedel and Mads Peder Nordbo | December 18, 2023

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