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How Do You Decolonize the Golden Age Mystery? Read More Historical Fiction!

How Do You Decolonize the Golden Age Mystery? Read More Historical Fiction!

"Our view of any age is limited by what the writers of that age can see of it, and no writer ever has access to all of it at once."

By Christopher Huang | May 20, 2022

On Rock and Roll and Toxic Masculinity

On Rock and Roll and Toxic Masculinity

What Charles Harper Webb's time in a rock band taught him about the struggle for power.

By Charles Harper Webb | May 18, 2022

Asking Why Women Like True Crime Is Condescending

Asking Why Women Like True Crime Is Condescending

So maybe...don't do it?

By Caite Dolan-Leach | May 16, 2022

Haunted Dolls, Curses, and a True Crime Voodoo Cold Case

Haunted Dolls, Curses, and a True Crime Voodoo Cold Case

Research leads author Susan Furlong on a trip to Alabama to interview haunted doll collector, Kevin Cain.

By Susan Furlong | May 16, 2022

Experiencing Everyday Horror Through The Eyes Of A Post-Trauma Protagonist

Experiencing Everyday Horror Through The Eyes Of A Post-Trauma Protagonist

"That’s the magic of writing. This book is upsetting people. It’s making people feel."

By Kelly McClure | May 12, 2022

The Final Twist

The Final Twist

"I’m talking about the twist...in the final pages, the twist that morphs the way you interpret the entire book."

By Sandra Block | May 9, 2022

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My First Thriller: David Baldacci

By Rick Pullen | May 5, 2022

The Fine Art of Incredible Plot Twists

By Elizabeth Day | May 3, 2022

Does genre matter?

By Laura Jarratt | May 3, 2022

Beyond the Plot: Craft Tricks of Great Commercial Thrillers

Beyond the Plot: Craft Tricks of Great Commercial Thrillers

Cassidy Lucas brings some much-needed analysis to the craft of commercial fiction.

By Cassidy Lucas | April 29, 2022

Highly Unreliable and Morally Ambiguous Narrators

Highly Unreliable and Morally Ambiguous Narrators

"[U]nreliable narration can be enormously successful when the author’s use of misdirection or withholding is tied expressly to the character’s experience, behavior, and/or worldview."

By Kit Frick | April 28, 2022

"Perception, self-deception, and truth": Soon Wiley Talks Craft and Character

"When it comes to my characters, I almost always start with their desires."

By Molly Odintz | April 27, 2022

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

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