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    What Are Thriller Authors Truly Afraid Of?

    What Are Thriller Authors Truly Afraid Of?

    Danielle Trussoni talks with some of today's top authors about what frightens them and how those fears play out in their fiction.

    By Danielle Trussoni | October 31, 2023

    Why Horror Fiction Matters for Telling Indigenous Stories

    Why Horror Fiction Matters for Telling Indigenous Stories

    On using horror stories to "outwardly express the inner turmoil of living under contemporary colonization"

    By Adriana Chartrand | October 27, 2023

    Finding Inspiration for Metafictional Murder

    Finding Inspiration for Metafictional Murder

    Dann McDorman on the classic novels that influenced his new crime novel

    By Dann McDormann | October 24, 2023

    A Roundtable Discussion on Indigenous Horror

    A Roundtable Discussion on Indigenous Horror

    Contributors to the new anthology Never Whistle at Night weigh in on the past, present, and future of Native dark fiction.

    By CrimeReads | October 24, 2023

    A Murder of Poets: Or, the Inescapable Connections Between Crime Fiction and Poetry

    A Murder of Poets: Or, the Inescapable Connections Between Crime Fiction and Poetry

    Poet-writers, poet-detectives, and a long history of murder ballads...

    By Paula Munier | October 20, 2023

    Safe Places: On Writing Books for Teens about Teen Issues

    Safe Places: On Writing Books for Teens about Teen Issues

    "These stories find continuing relevance by tackling issues and themes common to teens across generations."

    By Kellie M. Parker | October 18, 2023

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    David L. Ulin on Capturing the Special, Despairing Noir of the West

    By Tod Goldberg | October 17, 2023

    From Broadway Musicals to Thrilling Mysteries: A Writing Life in Two Acts

    By Heather Hach | October 17, 2023

    A Visit to the Trans-Allegheny Asylum; or, On Hauntings and History

    By Nora Fussner | October 16, 2023

    Black Horror Fiction Has Always Been Here. What's Changed Is The Attitudes of Gatekeepers.

    Black Horror Fiction Has Always Been Here. What's Changed Is The Attitudes of Gatekeepers.

    Contributors to the new anthology Out There Screaming discuss the long history of Black horror fiction and supernatural social justice stories.

    By Molly Odintz | October 13, 2023

    Lou Berney On The Immense Appeal of Ordinary Characters

    Lou Berney On The Immense Appeal of Ordinary Characters

    Advice for crafting believable, complex, and always surprising everyday people.

    By Lou Berney | October 13, 2023

    Melissa Adelman and Nora Murphy On the Art of Suburban Suspense

    Melissa Adelman and Nora Murphy On the Art of Suburban Suspense

    Read a conversation between two psychological thriller authors at the top of their game.

    By CrimeReads | October 12, 2023

    My First Thriller: Jeffery Deaver

    My First Thriller: Jeffery Deaver

    How Deaver went from publishing the wrong novels to writing his breakout thriller.

    By Rick Pullen | October 11, 2023

    How Today's Top Authors Find the Right Balance for the

    How Today's Top Authors Find the Right Balance for the "Literary Thriller"

    Jean Kwok asks authors how they approach reader and artistic demands.

    By Jean Kwok | October 11, 2023

    J.M. Redmann on A Lifetime of Crafting Queer Crime Fiction

    J.M. Redmann on A Lifetime of Crafting Queer Crime Fiction

    Ellen Hart interviews the iconic writer about the past, present, and future of lesbian sleuths in mystery fiction.

    By Ellen Hart | October 10, 2023

    Writing Influences: A Cuban-Miami Identity & the Periphery of Santeria

    Writing Influences: A Cuban-Miami Identity & the Periphery of Santeria

    "I wanted to explore different ways this inherited power could be both a burden and a gift, and how often our diasporic heritage is built on silence."

    By Vanessa Montalban | October 10, 2023

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