• Craft

    Writing the Forest and the Trees

    "I consciously constructed each detail, because living somewhere so different made me hyper-aware of each detail."

    March 16, 2023  By Vibhuti Jain
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    J.A. Jance on Creating Believable Characters

    Behind every character that graces the page, there's a life story waiting to be discovered.

    March 15, 2023  By J.A. Jance
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    James R. Benn On Finding Inspiration in the Strangeness of Everyday Moments

    Or, who's buried in Guy Topper's grave?

    March 15, 2023  By James R. Benn
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    A Sense of Place and The Weight of History: On Setting and Fiction

    "Setting is absolutely key, an extra dimension and a character that changes as much as any other."

    March 15, 2023  By Ian Moore
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    The Joys of Researching Your Next Novel

    Connor Sullivan on cold calls, reality TV, and secret branches of US Intelligence.

    March 13, 2023  By Connor Sullivan
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    What I Learned from Book Clubs Reading My Novels

    "For an invited author, book clubs are not salons."

    March 13, 2023  By Frederick Weisel
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    Weaving Social Issues Into Your Thrillers

    Amanda Traylor on commercial thrillers, entertainment, and finding characters who are engaged with the world around them.

    March 10, 2023  By Amanda Traylor
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    John Rechy Remembers His Friend, Writer Henry Turner

    The Edgar and Anthony-nominated author lives on in his vivid characters and lyrical prose.

    March 10, 2023  By John Rechy
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    Setting and Psyche: Using Unsettling Landscapes to Explore Human Darkness

    "Place makes us in ways both big and small—it shapes our language, our occupations, the pace at which we live."

    March 10, 2023  By Erica Waters
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    The Backlist: Revisiting Tim O'Brien's 'In the Lake of the Woods' with Angie Kim

    Polly Stewart is in discussion with today's top crime writers, returning to some of their favorite books.

    March 9, 2023  By Polly Stewart
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