• Craft

    Natasha Lester On Fashion, Historical Fiction, and Female Spies

    "[At last we’re seeing how much women contributed to past victories."

    February 1, 2023  By Molly Odintz
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    For a Mystery Novel, How Much Sex Is Too Much Sex?

    Elle Cosimano on straddling genres and balancing reader expectations.

    January 31, 2023  By Elle Cosimano
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    Getting the Investigative Details Right in Cozy Mysteries

    Cozy authors might be working with amateur sleuths. But they're still putting in their research time with the professionals.

    January 30, 2023  By Valona Jones
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    Finding the Spark

    Sara Shepard on connecting with characters and developing ideas.

    January 26, 2023  By Sara Shepard
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    An Author's Guide to Stealing from the Books You Love

    "The point is not my felony but my process, which is probably your process too..."

    January 25, 2023  By Stephen Hunter
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    On Metaphysics and Murder

    "Ideas alone can be abstract and bloodless, but they come alive when they are woven into a narrative."

    January 25, 2023  By Carolyn Korsmeyer
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    Crime Fiction Heroes: To Age or Forever Young?

    "My vote is that our heroes shouldn’t appear to be immortal."

    January 25, 2023  By Paul Levine
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    Murder, Mystery, and Midwestern Noir

    'Midwestern Noir is what happens when you take all the elements of Nordic Noir and plant them in what even midwesterners refer to as "the middle of nowhere."'

    January 23, 2023  By Hannah Morrissey
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    Does Historical Accuracy Matter in Historical Fiction?

    With fiction, the answers are never quite so simple.

    January 18, 2023  By Mark Ellis
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    Lawful Lawlessness: The Rules for Writing Crime Fiction

    (And Which of Your Favorite Authors Break Them)

    January 17, 2023  By Benjamin Stevenson
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