• Craft

    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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    James Lee Burke on the Highs and Lows of American History

    Burke and David Masciotra continue their years-long conversation on literature and American history.

    June 3, 2025  By David Masciotra
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    The Art of Doing Nothing, The Craft of Making it Hurt

    Katia Lief on what cult leaders and crime novelists have in common.

    June 3, 2025  By Katia Lief
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    Deanna Raybourn & Jesse Q. Sutanto On Writing Badass Older Sleuths

    Elders are having a moment in crime fiction, and we are all here for it.

    May 30, 2025  By CrimeReads 
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    Danya Kukafka on Revisiting Alice Sebold's 'The Lovely Bones'

    Kukafka and Polly Stewart read and discuss Sebold's modern classic.

    May 28, 2025  By Polly Stewart
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