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Amanda Linsmeier and Amy Goldsmith On Writing Horror for a YA Audience

Amanda Linsmeier and Amy Goldsmith On Writing Horror for a YA Audience

Two debut novelists share their perspectives on the horror renaissance and crafting thrilling young adult fiction.

By Amanda Linsmeier and Amy Goldsmith | June 26, 2023

How Cormac McCarthy Used Crime Fiction’s Tropes to Make Masterpieces

How Cormac McCarthy Used Crime Fiction’s Tropes to Make Masterpieces

On the author's evolving style and journeys through the darkness.

By Nick Kolakowski | June 23, 2023

The Backlist: Revisiting Dorothy Sayers’ “The Man Who Knew How” with Liv Constantine

The Backlist: Revisiting Dorothy Sayers’ “The Man Who Knew How” with Liv Constantine

Polly Stewart is in discussion with today's top crime writers, returning to some of their favorite books.

By Polly Stewart | June 22, 2023

Shop Talk: Wanda Morris Tears Through Those Yellow Legal Pads and Blue Pilot G-2 Gel Ink Pens

Shop Talk: Wanda Morris Tears Through Those Yellow Legal Pads and Blue Pilot G-2 Gel Ink Pens

Crime writers talking craft, routine, and tools of the trade

By Eli Cranor | June 21, 2023

Sun, Sand, and Sin: A Dive into Gulf Coast Noir

Sun, Sand, and Sin: A Dive into Gulf Coast Noir

Crime fiction serves as a method for understanding the consequences of the past and the coming storms.

By Rachel Cochran | June 21, 2023

Grady Hendrix and Riley Sager Talk Horror, Thrillers, and Craft

Grady Hendrix and Riley Sager Talk Horror, Thrillers, and Craft

They both agree: horror needs more sex scenes.

By Grady Hendrix and Riley Sager | June 20, 2023

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Alison Gaylin on the Challenges of Bringing a Robert B. Parker PI into the Social Media Era

By Alison Gaylin | June 15, 2023

Rethinking Genre, or, The Great Genre Rebellion

By Wendy Walker | June 13, 2023

Worth the Wait: Talking with Mother Howl’s Craig Clevenger

By Rob Hart | June 12, 2023

Liz Lawson and Kathleen Glasgow On Crafting YA Mysteries

Liz Lawson and Kathleen Glasgow On Crafting YA Mysteries

Two co-authors talk young adult fiction and the art of plotting.

By Liz Lawson and Kathleen Glasgow | June 12, 2023

How Being Called a Plagiarist Made Me a Writer

How Being Called a Plagiarist Made Me a Writer

"How could I find my voice, one that no one could claim was someone else’s?"

By Siena Sterling | June 12, 2023

My First Thriller: D.P. Lyle

My First Thriller: D.P. Lyle

He was a cardiologist who dreamed of becoming a writer. Finally, he went for it.

By Rick Pullen | June 8, 2023

Ivy Pochoda on Women, Violence, and the Power of Crime Stories

Ivy Pochoda on Women, Violence, and the Power of Crime Stories

"We forgive violent women if their violence is inspired by some original male violence, but we cannot deal with violent women who are violent under their own sail."

By Matthew Coleman Turbeville | June 8, 2023

Historical Research as Procedural

Historical Research as Procedural

"[H]istorical research can offer a crime writer their own experience of investigation."

By Katharine Beutner | June 8, 2023

How The Homes of My Past Continue To Haunt My Life

How The Homes of My Past Continue To Haunt My Life

"There it is—the familiar clink of a key in its lock. The scrape of metal on metal. A hot blast of air on my face."

By Adorah Nworah | June 6, 2023

S.A. Cosby on Inspiration, Serial Killers, and How He Writes

S.A. Cosby on Inspiration, Serial Killers, and How He Writes

A conversation with the author of 'All the Sinners Bleed'

By Nick Kolakowski | June 6, 2023

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