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    Alma Katsu: Why I Finally Decided to Write a Main Character Who Shares My Ethnicity

    Alma Katsu: Why I Finally Decided to Write a Main Character Who Shares My Ethnicity

    When the writing gets personal...

    By Alma Katsu | April 27, 2022

    The State of the Crime Novel: A Roundtable With The Edgar Nominees

    The State of the Crime Novel: A Roundtable With The Edgar Nominees

    Edgar Awards Nominees Reflect On How The Pandemic Has Changed Their Writing Lives

    By Molly Odintz | April 26, 2022

    Why the Mystery Novel Is a Perfect Literary Form

    Why the Mystery Novel Is a Perfect Literary Form

    David Gordon on the long, rich history of private eyes – and why contemporary novelists keep on turning to them.

    By David Gordon | April 26, 2022

    Michael Nava Remembers Dick Lipez, Who Wrote Pioneering Gay Mysteries As Richard Stevenson

    Michael Nava Remembers Dick Lipez, Who Wrote Pioneering Gay Mysteries As Richard Stevenson

    Dick Lipez (1938-2022), writing under the pen name of Richard Stevenson, wanted to "present a gay man as contented and not tortured."

    By Michael Nava | April 26, 2022

    Parenting, Paranoia, and the Pandemic

    Parenting, Paranoia, and the Pandemic

    How lockdown helped one parent and author overcome fear and embrace living life to the fullest.

    By Samantha M. Bailey | April 25, 2022

    Shop Talk: David Joy Hates Talking About Craft (But He's Going to Make an Exception)

    Shop Talk: David Joy Hates Talking About Craft (But He's Going to Make an Exception)

    "It’s really a compulsion. I’d feel like I’d die if I didn’t get these stories out of me."

    By Eli Cranor | April 21, 2022

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    My First Thriller: Robert Dugoni

    My First Thriller: Robert Dugoni

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    Gillian Flynn's Anti-Heroines And The Dark Side of Feminism

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    Carter Wilson: What I've Learned Through Hosting a Writing Podcast

    Carter Wilson: What I've Learned Through Hosting a Writing Podcast

    "Looking back on the past year of interviews, here are seven things I've learned from these amazing writers."

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    For This Historical Novelist Writing About Gilded Age New York, There's Always More Research to Be Done

    For This Historical Novelist Writing About Gilded Age New York, There's Always More Research to Be Done

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