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Essays
Does genre matter?
When rules help and when they hinder, and how the editing process shapes genre.
By
Laura Jarratt
| May 3, 2022
My sisters are as intelligent as my brothers: Women’s education in Colonial India
Harini Nagendra recalls the fierce women in her family history who fought for their right to be educated.
By
Harini Nagendra
| May 2, 2022
Beyond the Plot: Craft Tricks of Great Commercial Thrillers
Cassidy Lucas brings some much-needed analysis to the craft of commercial fiction.
By
Cassidy Lucas
| April 29, 2022
Highly Unreliable and Morally Ambiguous Narrators
"[U]nreliable narration can be enormously successful when the author’s use of misdirection or withholding is tied expressly to the character’s experience, behavior, and/or worldview."
By
Kit Frick
| April 28, 2022
Alma Katsu: Why I Finally Decided to Write a Main Character Who Shares My Ethnicity
When the writing gets personal...
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Alma Katsu
| April 27, 2022
Why the Mystery Novel Is a Perfect Literary Form
David Gordon on the long, rich history of private eyes – and why contemporary novelists keep on turning to them.
By
David Gordon
| April 26, 2022
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Michael Nava Remembers Dick Lipez, Who Wrote Pioneering Gay Mysteries As Richard Stevenson
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Michael Nava
| April 26, 2022
Lost and Found: Rediscovering E.C.R. Lorac’s Two-Way Murder
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Martin Edwards
| April 25, 2022
Parenting, Paranoia, and the Pandemic
By
Samantha M. Bailey
| April 25, 2022
You Know, For Kids! The History of a Teenage James Bond
The license to kill, the drinking, the racy affairs...what could go wrong bringing Bond to young readers?
By
Luke Poling
| April 22, 2022
On the (Secret) Crime Novels of E.L. Doctorow
Doctorow is known for his rich, often gritty historical fiction, but he interweaves tropes from noir and hardboiled fiction to create a rich, American subgenre all his own.
By
Jesse Pasternack
| April 22, 2022
Dope: On George Cain, New York City, and
Blueschild Baby
Michael Gonzales on the man and the life behind a literary phenomenon in 1970 New York.
By
Michael Gonzales
| April 21, 2022
The Charming Mid-Century Murder Mysteries and Rich Interior Life of Edith Howie
Howie's sleuths in her well-received proto-cozy crime novels always ended up together, but she herself stayed proudly single.
By
Curtis Evans
| April 21, 2022
Switzerland's Inching Progress Towards Legalizing Marijuana
"Considering its innate conservatism, Switzerland’s attitude toward drug use...has been surprisingly pragmatic and humane."
By
Kim Hays
| April 20, 2022
On Writing and Living True Crime
"I never set out to be a journalist or a true crime writer, but given the central mystery of my childhood, perhaps it was inevitable."
By
Kim Powers
| April 19, 2022
A Veterinarian’s Perspective on Writing Animals
Pets pick up on plenty that their humans fail to notice, and they're always aware of one's true emotional state...
By
Philipp Schott
| April 19, 2022
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