• Craft

    Witch Lit: Five Novels Featuring Witchcraft

    '“Witch lit” is a reminder that misogyny echoes through time. But it can also be a powerful, even joyful, reclamation of female strength and mystery"

    March 8, 2023  By Emilia Hart
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    On Social Justice and Crime Stories

    Anne Burt looks at "four recent crime novels that seamlessly thread issues of social justice throughout their propulsive storytelling."

    March 8, 2023  By Anne Burt
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    Blurred Lines: When a Novel's Author Is Also Its Narrator

    William Landay on a favorite conceit, one that may be particularly well suited to the current moment.

    March 7, 2023  By William Landay
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    Mysteries Featuring Anonymous Notes As Catalysts

    "The typical poison pen letter doesn’t demand money or favors to purchase peace. It exists—at least at first—solely to torment."

    March 7, 2023  By Deanna Raybourn
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    Expect The Unexpected

    R. W. Green reflects on carrying on his beloved friend M. C. Beaton's long-running series.

    March 3, 2023  By R. W. Green
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    Alex North On the Pleasures of Fictional Forbidden Texts

    "It's a familiar and recurring motif in fiction: the search for a work of art that may or may not exist."

    March 2, 2023  By Alex North
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    Suspiciously Suspect: Who Is—and Isn't—an Unreliable Narrator?

    Zoje Stage on the evolution of a sometimes uncomfortable term of art

    March 1, 2023  By Zoje Stage
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    Our Own Devices: Sean Doolittle on Writing a Thriller About Technology

    "In the social media era, we can connect with each other around the world more easily than ever...We also can trick each other and tear each other down."

    March 1, 2023  By Sean Doolittle
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    Shop Talk: Brendan Slocumb Absolutely Does Not Listen to Music While He's Writing

    Crime writers talk routine, revision, and what kind of background noise is right for the workday.

    February 28, 2023  By Eli Cranor
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    Two Thriller Writers and Former Spies On Writing and Living Espionage

    Alma Katsu and Kathleen Kent talk historical fiction, spy novels, and their careers in national security and intelligence.

    February 28, 2023  By Alma Katsu and Kathleen Kent
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