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The Birth of Superman: How Two Jewish Kids in 1930's Cleveland Altered the Course of American Pop Culture

The Birth of Superman: How Two Jewish Kids in 1930's Cleveland Altered the Course of American Pop Culture

Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster were nerdy, poor, often cold, and not very good at school. But they had a dream.

By Helene Stapinski and Bonnie Siegler | February 16, 2023

Favorite Mysteries and Thrillers Featuring Antiheroes

Favorite Mysteries and Thrillers Featuring Antiheroes

These characters will stop at nothing to get what they want, and you can't help but root for them to do so...

By Rachel Koller Croft | February 16, 2023

The Only Woman in the Room

The Only Woman in the Room

Kathleen Kent remembers her time in intelligence in 1990s Byelorussia.

By Kathleen Kent | February 15, 2023

Why So Many Journalists Turn to Careers in Crime Fiction

Why So Many Journalists Turn to Careers in Crime Fiction

Michael Robotham on the journey from crime reporter to novelist

By Michael Robotham | February 14, 2023

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | February 13, 2023

Charles Addams Drew the Credits for <em>Murder By Death</em>

Charles Addams Drew the Credits for Murder By Death

The Neil Simon murder mystery movie has a beautifully-illustrated opening. (The rest of the movie has issues.)

By Olivia Rutigliano | February 10, 2023

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The Life and Legacy of James Ellroy

By Andrew Nette | February 10, 2023

The Many Levels of Mystery: ‘Whodunnit?’ to ‘Whydunnit?’ and Beyond

By Daniel Taylor | February 10, 2023

Ice-Cold Winter Thrillers to Watch this Season

By Olivia Rutigliano | February 9, 2023

Sympathy for the Specter

Sympathy for the Specter

Or, why ghosts should inspire more pity than fear.

By Johnny Compton | February 9, 2023

How Writing a Genderfluid Mystery Helped Me Understand Myself as Genderqueer

How Writing a Genderfluid Mystery Helped Me Understand Myself as Genderqueer

"It took a fictional character in a novel to allow a real part of myself to live and breathe."

By Jennifer Savran Kelly | February 9, 2023

The Year Ian Fleming Finally Started Writing His Novel

The Year Ian Fleming Finally Started Writing His Novel

Was he mostly just eager to avoid the looming responsibilities of real life?

By John Higgs | February 8, 2023

How Writing about Immigration Helped Me Find Home

How Writing about Immigration Helped Me Find Home

"it took the writing of an immigration thriller for me to accept my otherness."

By Roxana Arama | February 8, 2023

The Accidental Culinary Cozy Author

The Accidental Culinary Cozy Author

"[D]escribing Cajun cuisine in my Cajun Country Mystery series made me hungry and I thought it might have the same effect on readers..."

By Ellen Byron | February 8, 2023

On the 1968 Film Which Introduced the Trope of the

On the 1968 Film Which Introduced the Trope of the "Black Guy Dies First"

Spider Baby helped introduce the modern horror concept of the Black character existing solely to die"">"Spider Baby helped introduce the modern horror concept of the Black character existing solely to die"

By Robin R. Means Coleman and Mark H. Harris | February 7, 2023

Harry Dean Stanton is the Hero of Every Noir

Harry Dean Stanton is the Hero of Every Noir

Or, a brief taxonomy of a very strange oeuvre.

By J. D. O'Brien | February 6, 2023

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