• Craft

    The Bane and Boon of an Unreliable Narrator

    Finley Turner on thrillers, narrative, and what it really means to be unreliable.

    December 7, 2023  By Finley Turner
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    Stephen Spotswood On "Queering the Narrative of the Golden Age of America"

    To write crime fiction about gay life in the 1950 is to write noir. But celebrating love is just as essential.

    December 5, 2023  By Stephen Spotswood
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    60 Years of 'The Spy Who Came in From the Cold'

    Paul Vidich and Joseph Kanon investigate the legacy of John le Carré's groundbreaking novel.

    December 1, 2023  By Paul Vidich
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    Shop Talk: Michael Farris Smith on Learning the Habit of Writing

    Crime writers talk craft, raising kids, and working without a net.

    December 1, 2023  By Eli Cranor
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    What Really Went On Between Coppola and Sheen in that Hotel Room During the Filming of Apocalypse Now?

    It's an iconic moment in cinema history. But behind the filming is a disturbing–and revealing–story.

    November 28, 2023  By Sam Wasson
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    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

    November 22, 2023  By Amy Hagstrom
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    The Backlist: Alex Finlay and Polly Stewart Revisit 'I Am Pilgrim,' by Terry Hayes

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

    November 21, 2023  By Polly Stewart
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    From Academic to Crime Writer

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

    November 17, 2023  By H. N. Hirsch
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    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.

    November 15, 2023  By Lauren Nossett
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    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.

    November 14, 2023  By Steve Berg
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