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My First Thriller: John Gilstrap

My First Thriller: John Gilstrap

Lightning and serendipity. The rejections never stopped, nor did the money.

By Rick Pullen | August 22, 2024

William Boyle on Discovering Donna Masini and a Great 'Italian-American-Recovering-Catholic-from-Brooklyn' Novel

William Boyle on Discovering Donna Masini and a Great 'Italian-American-Recovering-Catholic-from-Brooklyn' Novel

Boyle and Polly Stewart revisit Masini's intense, obsessive 'About Yvonne'

By Polly Stewart | August 22, 2024

On Choice, Chance, and Circumstance in Crime Fiction

On Choice, Chance, and Circumstance in Crime Fiction

Some decisions we make. Some are made for us. Fiction needs to acknowledge what we can (and can't) change.

By James Wade | August 21, 2024

The Dynamism of Growth: William Kent Krueger on Milestones and Making the Familiar Fresh Again

The Dynamism of Growth: William Kent Krueger on Milestones and Making the Familiar Fresh Again

The author discusses 20 novels with Cork O'Connor

By John B. Valeri | August 21, 2024

Where does Fiction Meet the Real World?

Where does Fiction Meet the Real World?

"All fiction is speculative....But somewhere there is a line between reality and fiction, a gap filled with imagination rather than truth"

By Bridget Collins | August 21, 2024

This Isn’t The End: What To Do When Your Publisher Dies

This Isn’t The End: What To Do When Your Publisher Dies

It's an author's nightmare, but you're not alone. James Queally talks with writers who have been through a publisher's demise.

By James Queally | August 20, 2024

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By CrimeReads | August 19, 2024

The Irresistible Pull of an Anonymous Note—Why the Most Frightening Possibility Is All of Them

By Elizabeth Staple | August 19, 2024

Meet Thomas Byrnes, Gilded Age New York's Performative, Corrupt Police Detective

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 15, 2024

Crime Fiction Must Not Ignore Computer Crime

Crime Fiction Must Not Ignore Computer Crime

"The internet is now ubiquitous in our lives, so why does it appear so rarely in popular literature?"

By Stephen Harrison | August 14, 2024

Genre Primeval: How the Western Evolved into the Crime Novel

Genre Primeval: How the Western Evolved into the Crime Novel

Snowden Wright on Elmore Leonard and the evolution of an American icon.

By Snowden Wright | August 13, 2024

Katrina Monroe on Eldest Daughter Syndrome

Katrina Monroe on Eldest Daughter Syndrome

Or, writing a psychological thriller as a both a love song to sisterhood and a reckoning with its uneven responsibilities

By Katrina Monroe | August 13, 2024

Zoje Stage: My Quest for Realism in Genre Fiction

Zoje Stage: My Quest for Realism in Genre Fiction

From film to novels, a journey in search of character-driven story.

By Zoje Stage | August 13, 2024

The Rockford Files and the Allure of the Shady PI

The Rockford Files and the Allure of the Shady PI

Keith Roysdon remembers a favorite seriess, and the real-life PI who proved that ‘Rockford Files’ was practically a documentary.

By Keith Roysdon | August 12, 2024

Presenting <em>Série Noire,</em> the Bleak French Neo Noir You've Never Seen

Presenting Série Noire, the Bleak French Neo Noir You've Never Seen

It's Alain Corneau's classic adaptation of a Jim Thompson novel.

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 9, 2024

5 Iconic 1990s Thriller Films

5 Iconic 1990s Thriller Films

"The thing that made these movies...was the fact that the villains started off seeming like regular people."

By Liz Alterman | August 9, 2024

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