• Craft

    How to Improvise a Locked Room Murder Mystery

    Author Bianca Marais found the more she outlined, the less inclined she was to write. But could she finish a murder mystery without a master plan?

    June 20, 2025  By Bianca Marais
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    A Writer For Our Time: Why John le Carré's Work Remains More Essential Than Ever

    Rav Grewal-Kök on the Enduring Literary Legacy of an Undisputed Master of the Spy Novel

    June 18, 2025  By Rav Grewal-Kök
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    Infusing Eastern Philosophy into a Climate Thriller

    "[O]ur interconnectedness can illuminate possibilities for a future with humanity and Earth in balance"

    June 17, 2025  By Dheepa R. Maturi
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    Everything’s Coming Up Cozies

    Karen Dukess on why the crime fiction world is embracing the cozy mystery.

    June 13, 2025  By Karen Dukess
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    Frederick Forsyth: An Editor's Remembrance

    Neil Nyren recalls his first time working with the great thriller author.

    June 12, 2025  By Neil Nyren
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    Laurie R. King on Historical Fiction and the Joy of True Characters Too Wild to Make Up

    Discovering characters in the world of Mary Russell (and Sherlock Holmes).

    June 11, 2025  By Laurie R. King
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    Jurassic Vistas and Lost Voices: The Hurdles and Joys of Research in Fiji

    On the trials, tribulations, and many rewards of doing research properly

    June 11, 2025  By Nilima Rao
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    Elmore Leonard: Birth of the Cool

    In an excerpt from the new biography, Cooler than Cool, Leonard discovers his crime fiction voice after reading George V. Higgins, while balancing a burgeoning career in screenwriting.

    June 10, 2025  By C.M. Kushins
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    Lucas Schaefer Talks Texas, Boxing, and How To Use Crime Fiction to Explore Identity

    Jenny Staff Johnson interviews the debut novelist about his Austin-set epic

    June 6, 2025  By Jenny Staff Johnson
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    Small Town Gothic:
    11 Story Collections Set in
    Fictional Locales

    These fictitious small towns are "simmered in the cast iron Dutch oven of a parochial geography"

    June 4, 2025  By Robert Busby
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