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Crime Fiction Needs Neurodiversity

Crime Fiction Needs Neurodiversity

The human brain works in fascinating, diverse ways, and authors should strive to represent those modes in fiction.

By Josh Stallings | January 20, 2021

A Novel Is So Much More Than Just The Sum of Its Parts

A Novel Is So Much More Than Just The Sum of Its Parts

After launching a new series in a new setting, P.J. Tracy reflects on the meaning of novelist synergy.

By P.J. Tracy | January 15, 2021

Lee Child and Paraic O'Donnell on Moral Codes, Punching Nazis, and Human Evolution

Lee Child and Paraic O'Donnell on Moral Codes, Punching Nazis, and Human Evolution

Two authors go deep on the history and significance of Reacher.

By Paraic O'Donnell | January 12, 2021

The Thrill of Researching Your Crime Novel

The Thrill of Researching Your Crime Novel

You, too, can travel the world, speak to interesting people, and craft convincing lies about murder and mayhem.

By Lee Goldberg | January 12, 2021

Every Mystery Writer Knows, You Can Kill Anyone <br>But The Dog

Every Mystery Writer Knows, You Can Kill Anyone
But The Dog

Sulari Gentill on crime fiction's most unbreakable rule

By Sulari Gentill | January 12, 2021

The State of California Crime Fiction: A Roundtable Discussion

The State of California Crime Fiction: A Roundtable Discussion

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

By Lisa Levy | January 11, 2021

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

By Christopher Fowler | January 11, 2021

All Epistolary Novels Are Mysteries

By Amy Stewart | January 11, 2021

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

By Craig Pittman | January 8, 2021

My First Thriller: Lawrence Block

My First Thriller: Lawrence Block

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

By Rick Pullen | January 7, 2021

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

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.

By Kim Green | January 6, 2021

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

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.

By Dwyer Murphy | January 4, 2021

Why Classic Crime Fiction Was Obsessed With Fashion

Why Classic Crime Fiction Was Obsessed With Fashion

Every suit, every dress tells a story.

By Tara Moss | December 29, 2020

How John Le Carré Reinvented the Spy Novel

How John Le Carré Reinvented the Spy Novel

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

By Paul Vidich | December 24, 2020

Walter Mosley on <em>Devil in a Blue Dress</em>, Thirty Years Later

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."

By Walter Mosley | December 17, 2020

Reacher, Prospero, and Child

Reacher, Prospero, and Child

The links connecting two writers—William Shakespeare and Lee Child—run deeper than you might think.

By Heather Martin | December 16, 2020

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