The Obscure French Thriller That May Hold the Secrets to Jack Reacher's World
In the late '80s, Lee Child—he was still Jim Grant then—picked up a copy of a French novel by Loup Durand. Its influence was profound.
By Heather Martin | October 8, 2021
The Grieving Mothers Whose Stories Inspired A New Novel About Police Violence
"Behind every shooting is a person, or rather many, many people, often ones who go unnoticed. These were the people and stories we wanted to bring alive with full humanity."
By Christine Pride and Jo Piazzo | October 6, 2021
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.
By Lee Child | October 5, 2021
Finding Inspiration in Vermont's 'Shirley Jackson and Donna Tartt Country'
By Eric Rickstad | October 4, 2021
Jane Casey: Why I Chose To Write About A Barrister
By Jane Casey | October 4, 2021
Of Baptists and Bootleggers: Remembering My Moonshine-Making Ancestors
By Daryl Gregory | October 1, 2021
The Books, Tragedies, and Unsolved Mysteries That Inspired a New Novel Connecting Italy and New York
Vito Racanelli on Itavia Flight 870, Leonardo Sciascia, and more.
By Vito Racanelli | October 1, 2021
