• Craft

    Shop Talk: John Vercher on Improvising Novels, Overcoming Imposter Syndrome, and Finding the Beats

    Crime authors talk craft, routine. and jiu-jitsu.

    September 16, 2021  By Eli Cranor
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    Colson Whitehead on Why He Wrote a Heist Novel to Tell the Story of New York

    "I wanted to salute that moment of night and those nighthawks."

    September 14, 2021  By Dwyer Murphy
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    In Praise of the Slow-Burn Suspense of South and East Asian Thrillers

    There's a new wave of thrillers coming out of South and East Asia, and they're radically different from their Western counterparts.

    September 14, 2021  By Amanda Jayatissa
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    Julia Dahl On Turning to Fiction To Fill in the Emotional Gaps Left By Reportage

    Working as a reporter left too many unanswered questions. Dahl wanted to know the answers.

    September 14, 2021  By Julia Dahl
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    Edgar Allan Poe is The Perfect Literary Self-Help Hero For Our Uncertain Times

    Shit’s hard. Life (and writing) can be a relentless grind. But somehow, Poe kept on going—and so can you.

    September 13, 2021  By Catherine Baab-Muguira
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    Stuart Neville: Why I Will No Longer Hide My Accent

    Northern Irish writers are often instructed to tamp down their regionalism by London publishers. It's time to set aside safe bets and embrace unique voices.

    September 9, 2021  By Stuart Neville
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    My First Thriller: James Grady

    In 1971, a young Capitol Hill staffer walked by an old townhouse and wondered if it could be a CIA front. The idea would become Six Days of the Condor.

    September 9, 2021  By Rick Pullen
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    No One Has Ever Lived In The Past. So How Can Writers Accurately Represent History?

    On The Challenges of Writing Historical Crime Fiction

    September 9, 2021  By James R. Benn
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    McIlvanney and Me: Ian Rankin Remembers the Man Who Created Tartan Noir

    William McIlvanney's pitch black noirs, featuring Inspector Laidlaw's disturbing adventures in the Glasgow underworld, made Scotland into a world capital of crime fiction.

    September 7, 2021  By Ian Rankin
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    Lisa Jewell on Craft, Inspiration, and Why She Needed to Write a Boarding School Murder Mystery

    More than twenty years later, Jewell still resists making any firm plans for her novels.

    September 7, 2021  By Daneet Steffens
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