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On Family, Distance, and Love in the Time of Covid

On Family, Distance, and Love in the Time of Covid

Laura Davis lives in California. Her daughter lives in Jordan. Over the past two years, they've faced new struggles—and found new ways to connect.

By Laura Davis | November 25, 2021

Vandalism, Graffiti, and The Art of the Non-Belongers

Vandalism, Graffiti, and The Art of the Non-Belongers

On the rude, beautiful power of rebellious words scrawled on the side of an underpass

By M. Steven S. | November 24, 2021

Respect the Dead. Write More Realistic Fiction.

Respect the Dead. Write More Realistic Fiction.

"The fantasy unpacks itself weekly from red Panavision trucks, spitting distance from the courthouse in downtown Brooklyn where I work."

By Robert Reuland | November 23, 2021

The French Murder Case That Shocked a Francophile Family Into Writing A Detective Series

The French Murder Case That Shocked a Francophile Family Into Writing A Detective Series

Gerald Jay Goldberg was haunted by a brutal murder of a tourist in the South of France. Decades later, his family finishes his series.

By Robert Goldberg | November 22, 2021

Crime Fiction Is Ridiculous. We Might As Well Have Fun With It.

Crime Fiction Is Ridiculous. We Might As Well Have Fun With It.

"[T]here needs to be a tacit acknowledgement...that author and reader are both in on the same joke. And it is a joke."

By Daisy Waugh | November 22, 2021

Why Are There So Many Missing Mothers in Fiction with Empowered Young Heroines?

Why Are There So Many Missing Mothers in Fiction with Empowered Young Heroines?

Sara Foster on challenging a persistent trope

By Sara Foster | November 18, 2021

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Literature as Found Text

By Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson | November 17, 2021

The Bloomingdale Story: Read the Never-Before Published Patricia Highsmith Draft That Would Become Carol (The Price of Salt)

By Patricia Highsmith | November 16, 2021

Getting It Wrong: How Thomas Perry Learned to Live With His Books' Errors

By Thomas Perry | November 16, 2021

Conan Doyle's Children, Or, Thoughts on the Competition

Conan Doyle's Children, Or, Thoughts on the Competition

Pastiche authors must walk a thin line between honoring what came before and reflecting contemporary values.

By Nicholas Meyer | November 12, 2021

Shop Talk: Rachel Howzell Hall Writes Longhand, Loves Office Supplies, and Has One Magical Story About a Lost Manuscript

Shop Talk: Rachel Howzell Hall Writes Longhand, Loves Office Supplies, and Has One Magical Story About a Lost Manuscript

Crime writers on routine, color coding, and why you should always take your manuscript inside with you.

By Eli Cranor | November 11, 2021

What About Ann Rule?

What About Ann Rule?

An ode to the original queen of true crime, who focused on victims, not perpetrators; lessons, not details; and loss, not violence.

By Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell | November 10, 2021

An Appreciation of Genre-Breaking Mysteries

An Appreciation of Genre-Breaking Mysteries

These books start out as noir, then take sharp left turn...

By Nick Mamatas | November 9, 2021

How to Use the Environment of a Novel to Enhance Suspense

How to Use the Environment of a Novel to Enhance Suspense

Sometimes the setting really is a character in itself. But how do you get there?

By Alice Henderson | November 9, 2021

Rex Pickett On The Strange Experience of Donating His Papers To The Archives

Rex Pickett On The Strange Experience of Donating His Papers To The Archives

When the author of Sideways sent his papers off to be catalogued, he never expected to find inspiration for his next novel.

By Rex Pickett | November 9, 2021

Soft Boiled Mysteries for Women Over 50

Soft Boiled Mysteries for Women Over 50

"The soft-boiled genre is embedded firmly between the cozy and the hard-boiled, like middle-aged and elder women ensconced between siren and senior."

By Gabrielle St. George | November 8, 2021

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