• Craft

    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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    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

    November 10, 2023  By Elizabeth Greenwood
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    Rhys Bowen on Using Real Experiences As Inspiration

    Keeping a long series fresh can be tricky, so it's good to have led a long and quirky life.

    November 10, 2023  By Rhys Bowen
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    Psychology Is Important For Motivation, But Your Characters Need More Than Diagnoses

    "Evil and malice can exist without a backstory or a character-defining pathology. We do stupid shit because we are people, and people do stupid shit."

    November 9, 2023  By Jeremy T. Wilson
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    Fighting Toxic Masculinity Through Young Adult Fiction

    "It’s time to rebuild our world for the better, and young adult fiction can be part of that journey of progress."

    November 8, 2023  By Jordyn Taylor
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    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.

    November 8, 2023  By Frank Zafiro
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    Lee Goldberg on Westerns, Crime Novels, and Writing A Genre Mash-Up

    Some genres are just destined to be together.

    November 7, 2023  By Lee Goldberg
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