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What Really Distinguishes a Crime Novel?

Megan Abbott, S.A. Cosby, Laura Lippman, and Ace Atkins share their thoughts with Polly Stewart.

James Lee Burke on Personal Tragedy, National Trauma, and the Search for Salvation

"The story of Eden, and how it influences my work, is not the story of a snake in a tree, but the story of what we are doing to the tree – what we are doing to the Garden."

On Gentrification, Cultural Appropriation, and Community

"More than ever, people of color are fighting back to reclaim what has been stolen from us."

On Rock and Roll and Toxic Masculinity

What Charles Harper Webb's time in a rock band taught him about the struggle for power.

Asking Why Women Like True Crime Is Condescending

So maybe...don't do it?

Haunted Dolls, Curses, and a True Crime Voodoo Cold Case

Research leads author Susan Furlong on a trip to Alabama to interview haunted doll collector, Kevin Cain.

Experiencing Everyday Horror Through The Eyes Of A Post-Trauma Protagonist

"That’s the magic of writing. This book is upsetting people. It’s making people feel."

The Final Twist

"I’m talking about the twist...in the final pages, the twist that morphs the way you interpret the entire book."

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Megan Abbott, S.A. Cosby, Laura Lippman, and Ace Atkins share their thoughts with Polly Stewart.

"The story of Eden, and how it influences my work, is not the story of a snake in a tree, but the story of what we are doing to the tree – what we are doing to the Garden."

"Whether good, bad, or downright despicable, here are eleven of them you should be getting to know..."

"More than ever, people of color are fighting back to reclaim what has been stolen from us."

"Our view of any age is limited by what the writers of that age can see of it, and no writer ever has access to all of it at once."

What Charles Harper Webb's time in a rock band taught him about the struggle for power.

So maybe...don't do it?

Research leads author Susan Furlong on a trip to Alabama to interview haunted doll collector, Kevin Cain.

"That’s the magic of writing. This book is upsetting people. It’s making people feel."

"I’m talking about the twist...in the final pages, the twist that morphs the way you interpret the entire book."

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