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The State of California Crime Fiction: A Roundtable Discussion

California crime writers discuss police, fires, pandemic, proposition politics, and the future of crime fiction.

‘Funny, How?’ Why Comedy is Crucial in Crime Writing

From the earliest days of crime fiction, humor has always been one of the author's most important weapons.

Carolina Garcia-Aguilera: The Woman Who Brought the Cuban-American Experience to Miami Noir

In 1980s Miami, she was a mother of three who wanted to write crime novels. So she got herself a job as a private eye.

My First Thriller: Lawrence Block

Sixty years later, Block says writing midcentury erotica was an "ideal apprenticeship" for a life in crime fiction.

PI Storytelling Through the Ages: Books, Blogs and Podcasts by Real Private Eyes

If you want to stalk real private investigators and learn their secrets, all you have to do is read, listen, and subscribe.

This 1970s Film About Ross Macdonald Is Fascinating and Unexpectedly Beautiful

A 1977 documentary that aired on PBS shows the legendary author working and swimming, alive with ideas.

Why Classic Crime Fiction Was Obsessed With Fashion

Every suit, every dress tell a story.

How John Le Carré Reinvented the Spy Novel

Novelist Paul Vidich reflects on the life and legacy of a literary giant.

Walter Mosley on Devil in a Blue Dress, Thirty Years Later

"He has been stopped by a thousand disrespectful policemen and he has brought to light the truths that America, from white nationalists to the Ivy League, has tried its best to hide."

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California crime writers discuss police, fires, pandemic, proposition politics, and the future of crime fiction.

From the earliest days of crime fiction, humor has always been one of the author's most important weapons.

What's more suspenseful than waiting on a letter from someone with a story to tell?

In 1980s Miami, she was a mother of three who wanted to write crime novels. So she got herself a job as a private eye.

Sixty years later, Block says writing midcentury erotica was an "ideal apprenticeship" for a life in crime fiction.

If you want to stalk real private investigators and learn their secrets, all you have to do is read, listen, and subscribe.

A 1977 documentary that aired on PBS shows the legendary author working and swimming, alive with ideas.

Every suit, every dress tell a story.

Novelist Paul Vidich reflects on the life and legacy of a literary giant.

"He has been stopped by a thousand disrespectful policemen and he has brought to light the truths that America, from white nationalists to the Ivy League, has tried its best to hide."

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