• Craft

    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"

    March 27, 2024  By Bobby Matthews
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    Cozy Renegades: Novels that Push the Boundaries

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

    March 25, 2024  By Rob Osler
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    Kate Thompson and K. D. Alden Talk Historical Fiction and Women's History

    "So often women are hidden in the margins of history"

    March 21, 2024  By CrimeReads 
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    In Defense of Queer Joy in Historical Fiction

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

    March 19, 2024  By Brianna Labuskes
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    The Backlist: Jonathan Kellerman on Returning to Margaret Millar and Ross Macdonald

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

    March 19, 2024  By Polly Stewart
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    The Evolution of the Private Investigator in Historical Romance

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

    March 18, 2024  By Elizabeth Everett
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    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."

    March 15, 2024  By Jenny Bartoy
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    A Seventh-Generation Nebraskan On Turning Family Tales and Omaha History into Historical Fiction

    On using history as a method of filling in the gaps from what's recorded and passed down

    March 15, 2024  By Chris Harding Thornton
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    A Brief List of Pitfalls to Avoid When You Write a Thriller

    "Don’t let the twist be obvious. But don’t let it come out of left field."

    March 15, 2024  By Kira Peikoff
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    Genre Communicates a Contract with the Reader

    "I will trick you, there will be death, but there will also be resolution...It is a game the reader can win."

    March 13, 2024  By Micaiah Johnson
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