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Our Own Devices: Sean Doolittle on Writing a Thriller About Technology
"In the social media era, we can connect with each other around the world more easily than ever...We also can trick each other and tear each other down."
By
Sean Doolittle
| March 1, 2023
Shop Talk: Brendan Slocumb Absolutely Does Not Listen to Music While He's Writing
Crime writers talk routine, revision, and what kind of background noise is right for the workday.
By
Eli Cranor
| February 28, 2023
Two Thriller Writers and Former Spies On Writing and Living Espionage
Alma Katsu and Kathleen Kent talk historical fiction, spy novels, and their careers in national security and intelligence.
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Alma Katsu and Kathleen Kent
| February 28, 2023
Melissa de la Cruz on Writing a Book About Missing White Woman Syndrome
"[I]t’s my hope that one day as a society we come to a place where attention is paid to every victim, not just the ones who leave picture-perfect images online."
By
Melissa de la Cruz
| February 27, 2023
What’s in the Shadows?
What Artists like Monet, Renoir, Jacob Lawrence, and Other Masters Teach Mystery Writers about Crafting Villains
By
Patricia Raybon
| February 22, 2023
Building Worlds and Creating Mood and Atmosphere
Good descriptions are vibrant and evocative–but not distracting or flippant.
By
Lucy Snyder
| February 21, 2023
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Why Mariah Fredericks Is Taking on the Lindbergh Kidnapping – From the Nanny's Perspective
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Nancie Clare
| February 17, 2023
Favorite Mysteries and Thrillers Featuring Antiheroes
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Rachel Koller Croft
| February 16, 2023
Why So Many Journalists Turn to Careers in Crime Fiction
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Michael Robotham
| February 14, 2023
The Many Levels of Mystery: ‘Whodunnit?’ to ‘Whydunnit?’ and Beyond
"There is mystery and then there is Mystery."
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Daniel Taylor
| February 10, 2023
Sympathy for the Specter
Or, why ghosts should inspire more pity than fear.
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Johnny Compton
| February 9, 2023
How Writing a Genderfluid Mystery Helped Me Understand Myself as Genderqueer
"It took a fictional character in a novel to allow a real part of myself to live and breathe."
By
Jennifer Savran Kelly
| February 9, 2023
The Accidental Culinary Cozy Author
"[D]escribing Cajun cuisine in my Cajun Country Mystery series made me hungry and I thought it might have the same effect on readers..."
By
Ellen Byron
| February 8, 2023
The Novelist As Method Actor
Or, how to get to know your characters inside and out.
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M. J. Rose
| February 6, 2023
Marcia Muller: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics
A guide to the life and work of "the founding mother" of the hardboiled woman as private eye.
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Neil Nyren
| February 3, 2023
On Writing While Dying
Steven Womack on continuing his mystery series in the midst of devastating news and endless medical treatments.
By
Steven Womack
| February 2, 2023
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