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    The Challenge of Coloring Inside the Lines

    The Challenge of Coloring Inside the Lines

    "[W]ithin the exercise of recrafting these well-known tropes, what possibilities for variation exist?"

    By Ann McMan | June 30, 2022

    My Poison Snake: Erika Kobayashi on Growing Up in a Household of Sherlock Translators

    My Poison Snake: Erika Kobayashi on Growing Up in a Household of Sherlock Translators

    "Papa and Mama would debate endlessly the best way to transliterate “Watson” into Japanese...Meanwhile, my sisters and I would discuss various ways to die..."

    By Erika Kobayashi | June 29, 2022

    We Need More Crime Novels In Which Women Make Choices About Reproduction

    We Need More Crime Novels In Which Women Make Choices About Reproduction

    On reproductive choice, medical necessity, and breaking the law.

    By Molly Odintz | June 28, 2022

    Why Samantha Allen Wrote A Lesbian Sasquatch Novel

    Why Samantha Allen Wrote A Lesbian Sasquatch Novel

    "If what I ostensibly wanted to do was let my imagination wander away from fact, I might as well let it roam as far afield as it could."

    By Samantha Allen | June 28, 2022

    On Nightmare Noir, Science Fiction, and the Lure of the Gothic

    On Nightmare Noir, Science Fiction, and the Lure of the Gothic

    Gothic tropes informed much of the earliest science fiction, and now the gothic provides a fruitful path between genres.

    By Eddie Robson | June 28, 2022

    7 Tips For Creating Pace and Propulsion in Psychological Thrillers

    7 Tips For Creating Pace and Propulsion in Psychological Thrillers

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    By Lucy Clarke | June 28, 2022

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    Richard O'Rawe Talks Craft, Crime, and Irish History

    Richard O'Rawe Talks Craft, Crime, and Irish History

    "[W]hether you’re writing a heist book, or a thriller, the thought process is the same."

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    7 Great Crime Novels with First Person Narrators

    7 Great Crime Novels with First Person Narrators

    Scott Blackburn on the intimacy, the excitement, and the potential for deceit that only a good first person narrator can conjure up.

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    The Enduring Appeal of the Female Amateur Sleuth

    The Enduring Appeal of the Female Amateur Sleuth

    "[T]he most singular characteristic that female amateur sleuths share is sheer persistence..."

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    My First Thriller: Steven James

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