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Memory and Alcohol: A Potent Combination for Fiction

In suspense fiction, memory loss and amnesia from drinking are the perfect stand-in for our unreliable memories as a whole.

August 17, 2020  By Adele Parks
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Ron Rash on Crime and Punishment in Appalachia

The author discusses Dostoevsky, violence, and redemption.

August 14, 2020  By Mae Miller Claxton
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My First Thriller: David Morrell

How the 'First Blood' author went from being a graduate student writing Faulkner imitations to reinventing the action novel.

August 13, 2020  By Rick Pullen
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Why Writing About Psychopaths Keeps Me Sane

On the perverse delights and vengeful satisfactions of channeling our darkest impulses into fiction.

August 13, 2020  By Nina Sadowsky
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James Lee Burke on Art, Fascism, and the Hijacking of American Christianity

The legendary author's new work may be his most deeply religious to date—and among his darkest.

August 12, 2020  By David Masciotra
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Maybe We Read Crime Fiction Because Deep Down, We All Know We're Complicit in Crime

One author's theory for why we keep returning to crime.

August 12, 2020  By John Galligan
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What Drives Obsession in Fiction?

A Psychologist's Pointers for Exploring Obsession and Infatuation in Crime Fiction

August 12, 2020  By R. J. Jacobs
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My Pandemic Master Class with The Silence of the Lambs

What I learned from re-reading Thomas Harris in lockdown.

August 11, 2020  By Julia Heaberlin
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Writing from the Depths of Lockdown: A Roundtable Discussion

Contributors to a new charity anthology discuss writing during the pandemic and adjusting to the new normal.

August 10, 2020  By Lise McLendon
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Writing with Children at Home During a Pandemic

Writing a novel is lonely, depressing work. Having kids around all the time can make it...surprisingly joyful.

August 5, 2020  By Jesse Kellerman
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