• Essays

    On Alternative Futures and the Fear of Science

    "Criminalizing science tends to be about control, not ethics."

    August 12, 2022  By Katelyn Monroe Howes
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    Lisa Jewell: How I Accidentally Wrote a Detective Into My Psychological Thriller

    An author who had quite deliberately kept detectives and police out of her novels finally lets one in.

    August 11, 2022  By Lisa Jewell
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    Meg Gardiner: What It Was Like to Write a Prequel/Sequel to the Classic Film 'Heat' with Michael Mann

    How does an author immerse herself in the world of Neil McCauley, Vincent Hanna, and Chris Shiherlis?

    August 10, 2022  By Meg Gardiner
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    Hold the Backstory: Or, How To Open Your Novel with a Bang

    "Now that’s what I call a thrilling, reach-out-and-grab-ya opening."

    August 9, 2022  By Laura Childs
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    Damascus: Crime Writing in the World’s Oldest Capital City

    Crime and the City surveys the crime literature of Syria's capital

    August 8, 2022  By Paul French
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    The Art of Accidentally Writing a Thriller

    Tyrell Johnson on writing, respecting plot, and discovering a genre

    August 8, 2022  By Tyrell Johnson
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    Creating a Compelling Love Interest in a Suspense Novel

    "[A]sk yourself: What does my main character need most on her journey—and how can my love interest provide that?"

    August 8, 2022  By Elissa Grossell Dickey
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    The Veteran Experience in Speculative Fiction

    "[W]hen you think about it, [it] is somewhat unsettling. In order for writers to have authentic stories of fictional battlefields, they must first survive real world battlefields..."

    August 8, 2022  By Zak Topping
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    Bodies Bodies Bodies is a Vicious Parody of Online Culture and a Tight Little Murder Mystery

    Olivia Rutigliano on the new Gen-Z-focused whodunnit-slasher-comedy

    August 5, 2022  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    What Can Cooking School Teach a Mystery Writer?

    "Many of the skills taught in cooking school...are similar and parallel to those required to write a compelling story."

    August 5, 2022  By Leslie Karst
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