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The Charming Mid-Century Murder Mysteries and Rich Interior Life of Edith Howie

The Charming Mid-Century Murder Mysteries and Rich Interior Life of Edith Howie

Howie's sleuths in her well-received proto-cozy crime novels always ended up together, but she herself stayed proudly single.

By Curtis Evans | April 21, 2022

What Does Home Mean During A Pandemic?

What Does Home Mean During A Pandemic?

Contributors to the new Mystery Writers of America anthology "Crime Hits Home" reflect on its theme

By CrimeReads | April 20, 2022

On Writing and Living True Crime

On Writing and Living True Crime

"I never set out to be a journalist or a true crime writer, but given the central mystery of my childhood, perhaps it was inevitable."

By Kim Powers | April 19, 2022

Walking the Line: A Marriage of Thriller & Romance

Walking the Line: A Marriage of Thriller & Romance

"[W]ould anyone like a dark thriller-romance where the main characters aren’t forced or conditioned to love, but accidentally trip and fall into it the old-fashioned way?"

By Nicole Fanning | April 15, 2022

My First Thriller: Robert Dugoni

My First Thriller: Robert Dugoni

The bestselling author explains how he bounced around between jobs, agents and publishers, holding onto a dream, and eventually achieving it.

By Rick Pullen | April 14, 2022

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

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

"[I]f women can be anything they want, then they can be terrible people too..."

By Laure Van Rensburg | April 14, 2022

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

By Carter Wilson | April 14, 2022

Science Fiction For Crime Lovers: a Beginner’s Tour

By Adam Oyebanji | April 13, 2022

Argonne Forest Park, Then and Now

By Jess Montgomery | April 12, 2022

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

For historical mystery novelists like Stacie Murphy, research is an endless source of inspiration.

By Stacie Murphy | April 8, 2022

Shop Talk: Kellye Garrett Finds a Character, Finds a Murder, and Starts Filling up the Notebooks

Shop Talk: Kellye Garrett Finds a Character, Finds a Murder, and Starts Filling up the Notebooks

Crime writers talking craft, routine, and finding the perfect twist.

By Eli Cranor | April 7, 2022

On Time Travel and Metafiction

On Time Travel and Metafiction

Every time traveler has something they want to fix – and something they can't help but risk destroying.

By Rachel Barenbaum | April 6, 2022

Meryl Streep as Muse: How Secrets Fuel Crime Narratives

Meryl Streep as Muse: How Secrets Fuel Crime Narratives

Amanda Eyre Ward explains why keeping secrets is a writer's greatest craft tool.

By Amanda Eyre Ward | April 6, 2022

Forget <em>Frankenstein</em>. It's Time To Read <em>The Mummy!</em>

Forget Frankenstein. It's Time To Read The Mummy!

Lisa Tuttle on The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century, arguably the first novel to use now-common scifi tropes.

By Lisa Tuttle | April 5, 2022

Guillermo Martínez: When Crime Fiction Lives in Crime Fiction

Guillermo Martínez: When Crime Fiction Lives in Crime Fiction

On the long tradition and curious effects of introducing real-life literature into a mystery novel.

By Guilllermo Martínez | April 5, 2022

On Cowriting and Mourning

On Cowriting and Mourning

A mother's illness spurred her family to write a novel—together.

By Timothy David Mack | April 1, 2022

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