• Craft

    Tony Hillerman and the Invention of Jim Chee

    Joe Leaphorn, older and sophisticated, needed a new foil—one younger, more interested in tradition, and more inquisitive.

    October 14, 2021  By James McGrath Morris
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    Fictional Detectives, Real Hobbies: Appreciating the Leisure Activities of Fiction's Greatest Sleuths

    Even Sherlock needs to unwind sometimes...

    October 13, 2021  By Jethro K. Lieberman
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    What Can Sherlock Holmes Teach a Young Black Sleuth?

    "His pinnacle lesson? Own your self-agency."

    October 12, 2021  By Patricia Raybon
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    Brutal, Terrifying, and Unclassifiable: Beyond the Literary/Horror Divide

    James Han Mattson on six literary novels that could easily have made their way over to the horror shelf.

    October 11, 2021  By James Han Mattson
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    Why Body Horror Is Such an Evocative Tool in Storytelling

    "Body horror is powerful because it is personal."

    October 8, 2021  By Caitlin Starling
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    Lee Child on the Invention of Fiction

    The first humans to make up stories may just have saved us all. Or not. It's hard to know for sure.

    October 5, 2021  By Lee Child
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    Jane Casey: Why I Chose To Write About A Barrister

    Amateur detectives defined the Golden Age. Police procedurals dominated the later part of the century. It's high time to set aside the hunters and focus on other professions.

    October 4, 2021  By Jane Casey
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    How to Add a Layer of Fear to Your Fiction

    When it comes to getting the physiognomical effects of fear right, who cares why your characters are afraid. What matters is how they experience fear.

    October 1, 2021  By DiAnn Mills
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    I Write About Monsters Because I Fear Becoming One

    Or, what we talk about when we talk about monsters.

    September 30, 2021  By Catriona Ward
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    From Pen Stroke to Key Stroke: On Slander in Suspense

    Poisoned pen letters were a staple of Golden Age crime fiction. Now, writers are using new technologies continue the tradition.

    September 30, 2021  By Laura Griffin
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