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    Karen Dionne: My First Thriller

    Karen Dionne: My First Thriller

    The Author Who Came in From the Cold

    By Rick Pullen | August 25, 2022

    Seven Tips For Choosing the Perfect Name For Your Characters

    Seven Tips For Choosing the Perfect Name For Your Characters

    Number One: Keep An Eye On The Character's Age and Era!

    By Freida McFadden | August 25, 2022

    On Crosswords and Crime Fiction

    On Crosswords and Crime Fiction

    What is it about puzzles and crosswords that lend themselves so well to a good crime novel?

    By Kenneth L. Toppell | August 25, 2022

    Jeff Abbott on Restarting a Beloved Series

    Jeff Abbott on Restarting a Beloved Series

    After a pivot to psychological thrillers, Abbott returns to his Sam Capra acton series.

    By Jeff Abbott | August 24, 2022

    Dark Funny: The Common Purpose of Horror and Comedy

    Dark Funny: The Common Purpose of Horror and Comedy

    Lily Sparks on the deep affinity between two forms of storytelling.

    By Lily Sparks | August 24, 2022

    Jincy Willett on the Why of Murder

    Jincy Willett on the Why of Murder

    The finest writers do not make the most horrific deeds inevitable, but rather understandable.

    By Jincy Willett | August 24, 2022

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    Two August Thrillers That Complicate the Definition of Victim

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    Why Write About a Place That’s Not On the Map?

    By Adria Bernardi | August 22, 2022

    All The Dangerous Things Ryan La Sala Has Done In The Name of Research

    All The Dangerous Things Ryan La Sala Has Done In The Name of Research

    On trespassing, fraud, theft, impersonation, lying, potential arson....and beekeeping.

    By Ryan La Sala | August 18, 2022

    The Freedom to Write Less Likeable Characters in Crime Fiction

    The Freedom to Write Less Likeable Characters in Crime Fiction

    "I love that main characters can behave badly in thrillers, or even be the perpetrator themselves."

    By S. C. Lalli | August 18, 2022

    Why True Crime Readers Make Ideal Romance Novel Protagonists

    Why True Crime Readers Make Ideal Romance Novel Protagonists

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    By Alicia Thompson | August 17, 2022

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    Joy Fielding on the craft of psychological suspense.

    By Joy Fielding | August 16, 2022

    What's In a Name?

    What's In a Name?

    For crime fiction writers, few questions are more important.

    By W.A. Winter | August 16, 2022

    Writing a Romance versus Writing a Mystery

    Writing a Romance versus Writing a Mystery

    Kitt Crowe on writing in two different genres, and how their demands change an author's approach.

    By Kitt Crowe | August 16, 2022

    The Creative Life and Death of Bruce Montgomery, aka Edmund Crispin

    The Creative Life and Death of Bruce Montgomery, aka Edmund Crispin

    Music composer by day, crime writer by night, bon vivant in his youth, and reclusive alcoholic in his twilight...

    By Curtis Evans | August 12, 2022

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