• Craft

    From Broadway Musicals to Thrilling Mysteries: A Writing Life in Two Acts

    "I realized something that was huge but also completely grounding: Whatever format it takes, a story is a story."

    October 17, 2023  By Heather Hach
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    A Visit to the Trans-Allegheny Asylum; or, On Hauntings and History

    "Explaining the night, carving down the sum total of the experience into words is damaging—the easier it is to talk about, the less extraordinary it becomes."

    October 16, 2023  By Nora Fussner
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    Black Horror Fiction Has Always Been Here. What's Changed Is The Attitudes of Gatekeepers.

    Contributors to the new anthology Out There Screaming discuss the long history of Black horror fiction and supernatural social justice stories.

    October 13, 2023  By Molly Odintz
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    Lou Berney On The Immense Appeal of Ordinary Characters

    Advice for crafting believable, complex, and always surprising everyday people.

    October 13, 2023  By Lou Berney
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    Melissa Adelman and Nora Murphy On the Art of Suburban Suspense

    Read a conversation between two psychological thriller authors at the top of their game.

    October 12, 2023  By CrimeReads 
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    My First Thriller: Jeffery Deaver

    How Deaver went from publishing the wrong novels to writing his breakout thriller.

    October 11, 2023  By Rick Pullen
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    How Today's Top Authors Find the Right Balance for the "Literary Thriller"

    Jean Kwok asks authors how they approach reader and artistic demands.

    October 11, 2023  By Jean Kwok
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    J.M. Redmann on A Lifetime of Crafting Queer Crime Fiction

    Ellen Hart interviews the iconic writer about the past, present, and future of lesbian sleuths in mystery fiction.

    October 10, 2023  By Ellen Hart
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    Writing Influences: A Cuban-Miami Identity & the Periphery of Santeria

    "I wanted to explore different ways this inherited power could be both a burden and a gift, and how often our diasporic heritage is built on silence."

    October 10, 2023  By Vanessa Montalban
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    Jesse Q. Sutanto on Toxic Friendships, Shrinking Attention Spans, and Finding the Muse

    "My characters are very well-behaved because they know I won't hesitate to kill them if they dare stray from the outline."

    October 6, 2023  By Molly Odintz
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