• Craft

    Why Are There So Many Missing Mothers in Fiction with Empowered Young Heroines?

    Sara Foster on challenging a persistent trope

    November 18, 2021  By Sara Foster
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    Literature as Found Text

    From gothic literature to modern horror, books-within-books are the perfect means for delivering slow reveals.

    November 17, 2021  By Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson
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    The Bloomingdale Story: Read the Never-Before Published Patricia Highsmith Draft That Would Become Carol (The Price of Salt)

    A rare gem from Highsmith's newly released diaries and notebooks, with annotations from the author and her editor.

    November 16, 2021  By Patricia Highsmith
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    Getting It Wrong: How Thomas Perry Learned to Live With His Books' Errors

    On the long and curious history of the mistakes that slip into published editions of books.

    November 16, 2021  By Thomas Perry
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    Conan Doyle's Children, Or, Thoughts on the Competition

    Pastiche authors must walk a thin line between honoring what came before and reflecting contemporary values.

    November 12, 2021  By Nicholas Meyer
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    Shop Talk: Rachel Howzell Hall Writes Longhand, Loves Office Supplies, and Has One Magical Story About a Lost Manuscript

    Crime writers on routine, color coding, and why you should always take your manuscript inside with you.

    November 11, 2021  By Eli Cranor
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    What About Ann Rule?

    An ode to the original queen of true crime, who focused on victims, not perpetrators; lessons, not details; and loss, not violence.

    November 10, 2021  By Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell
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    An Appreciation of Genre-Breaking Mysteries

    These books start out as noir, then take sharp left turn...

    November 9, 2021  By Nick Mamatas
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    How to Use the Environment of a Novel to Enhance Suspense

    Sometimes the setting really is a character in itself. But how do you get there?

    November 9, 2021  By Alice Henderson
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    Rex Pickett On The Strange Experience of Donating His Papers To The Archives

    When the author of Sideways sent his papers off to be catalogued, he never expected to find inspiration for his next novel.

    November 9, 2021  By Rex Pickett
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