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    Learning to Be Lost (and Found) in Fiction and in Life

    Learning to Be Lost (and Found) in Fiction and in Life

    Amy Hagstrom on her experiences in search-and-rescue and writing a wilderness thriller

    By Amy Hagstrom | November 22, 2023

    The Backlist: Alex Finlay and Polly Stewart Revisit 'I Am Pilgrim,' by Terry Hayes

    The Backlist: Alex Finlay and Polly Stewart Revisit 'I Am Pilgrim,' by Terry Hayes

    Authors read a globe-trotting master class in thriller pacing.

    By Polly Stewart | November 21, 2023

    From Academic to Crime Writer

    From Academic to Crime Writer

    H.N. Hirsch on crafting a mystery series featuring a gay detective after 40+ years as a professor

    By H. N. Hirsch | November 17, 2023

    An Argument for the Unintentional Villain

    An Argument for the Unintentional Villain

    Or, how looking at accidental bad guys helps us understand our own risk of entering into moral grey areas.

    By Lauren Nossett | November 15, 2023

    How the True (and Still Unsolved) 1986 Assassination of the Swedish Prime Minister Inspired My Nordic Noir Novel

    How the True (and Still Unsolved) 1986 Assassination of the Swedish Prime Minister Inspired My Nordic Noir Novel

    Olof Palme led an extraordinary life (including becoming lifelong friends with Paul Newman) before his murder.

    By Steve Berg | November 14, 2023

    Love Behind Bars: On the Complicated World of Incarcerated Romance

    Love Behind Bars: On the Complicated World of Incarcerated Romance

    The world of prison relationships shows that love is possible, even under the hardest of circumstances

    By Elizabeth Greenwood | November 10, 2023

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    Rhys Bowen on Using Real Experiences As Inspiration

    By Rhys Bowen | November 10, 2023

    Psychology Is Important For Motivation, But Your Characters Need More Than Diagnoses

    By Jeremy T. Wilson | November 9, 2023

    Fighting Toxic Masculinity Through Young Adult Fiction

    By Jordyn Taylor | November 8, 2023

    How to Edit a Series of Crime Novellas with 30 Different Authors and Come Out the Other Side Feeling Grateful

    How to Edit a Series of Crime Novellas with 30 Different Authors and Come Out the Other Side Feeling Grateful

    Frank Zafiro reflects on 'A Grifter's Song' as the ambitious anthology series reaches a conclusion.

    By Frank Zafiro | November 8, 2023

    Lee Goldberg on Westerns, Crime Novels, and Writing A Genre Mash-Up

    Lee Goldberg on Westerns, Crime Novels, and Writing A Genre Mash-Up

    Some genres are just destined to be together.

    By Lee Goldberg | November 7, 2023

    Showing the Human in the Inhumane: Why Lindsay Hunter Loves True Crime

    Showing the Human in the Inhumane: Why Lindsay Hunter Loves True Crime

    On Crime Storytelling and Why Aiming for Closure Can Be Problematic

    By Lindsay Hunter | November 7, 2023

    From Sports Reporter to Crime Writer

    From Sports Reporter to Crime Writer

    Or, how athletes and thriller heroes have a surprising amount in common when it comes to mental, and physical, toughness

    By Elise Hart Kipness | November 7, 2023

    James Kennedy:

    James Kennedy: "Storytellers are manipulative cult leaders."

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    By James Kennedy | November 2, 2023

    Sudden Death and the Startlement of Absence

    Sudden Death and the Startlement of Absence

    On writing to exorcise "the tendrils of some horror we can’t quite process"

    By Matt Phillips | November 2, 2023

    The Ineffable Crimes of Lawrence Osborne

    The Ineffable Crimes of Lawrence Osborne

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