• Craft

    Historical Research as Procedural

    "[H]istorical research can offer a crime writer their own experience of investigation."

    June 8, 2023  By Katharine Beutner
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    How The Homes of My Past Continue To Haunt My Life

    "There it is—the familiar clink of a key in its lock. The scrape of metal on metal. A hot blast of air on my face."

    June 6, 2023  By Adorah Nworah
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    S.A. Cosby on Inspiration, Serial Killers, and How He Writes

    A conversation with the author of 'All the Sinners Bleed'

    June 6, 2023  By Nick Kolakowski
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    125 Years Later, Why The Turn of the Screw Still Haunts Us

    "That queasy opacity is at the heart of the novella’s power...The reader is never sure what, exactly, is happening."

    June 5, 2023  By Kate Griffin
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    Megan Abbott on Dreams, Dangers, and Going to Strange Places in Her Newest Novel

    In 'Beware the Woman,' a pregnant woman travels to a remote stretch of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

    May 30, 2023  By Dwyer Murphy
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    The Origin of the Red Herring and its Place in Literature

    Liv Constantine on a tried and true literary device

    May 23, 2023  By Liv Constantine
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    You’re Doing It Wrong: Fix Your Asian Characters

    "[T]hat's the first secret: think of your character as a human being..."

    May 22, 2023  By Melissa Yi
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    How do You Write Compelling Characters? Find the Source of Their Pain

    "[E]veryone has some pain. Everyone feels insecure and vulnerable about something."

    May 22, 2023  By E. J. Copperman
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    Shop Talk: Josh Kendall on the Life of a Crime Fiction Editor

    Mulholland's Josh Kendall sits down for the very first Shop Talk: editor edition

    May 18, 2023  By Eli Cranor
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    7 Fabulous Crime Novels and the Craft Lessons They Drive Home

    Kate White on thrillers that entertain and inspire

    May 16, 2023  By Kate White
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