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Arthur Conan Doyle's <em>The Sign of the Four</em> and Oscar Wilde's <em>The Picture of Dorian Gray</em> Were Commissioned at the Same Dinner Party

Arthur Conan Doyle's The Sign of the Four and Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray Were Commissioned at the Same Dinner Party

On one of literature's most productive hangouts

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 16, 2021

On Cowardice and Crime Fiction

On Cowardice and Crime Fiction

Why do we need our characters to be heroes or villains, when most in real life are somewhere in between?

By Bridget Foley | April 16, 2021

The Complex History of 'Gay Panic' and the 2001 Thriller <em>The Deep End</em>

The Complex History of 'Gay Panic' and the 2001 Thriller The Deep End

The 1947 novel is about protecting a teenage daughter's sexual 'virtue'. The 2001 film changes that character to a gay son, and plays with how his sexuality leads to a domestic panic.

By Matthew John Phillips | April 16, 2021

Confessions of a Librarian and Historical Mystery Novelist

Confessions of a Librarian and Historical Mystery Novelist

Plotting murder and historical manipulations in the public library

By Will Thomas | April 16, 2021

Why Librarians Are Natural Born Detectives

Why Librarians Are Natural Born Detectives

Whether you're looking for information about an uncle's will or a homemade poison, the reference desk is the place to go.

By M.E. Hilliard | April 15, 2021

Why Crime Fiction Needs to Take on the World—and Change It

Why Crime Fiction Needs to Take on the World—and Change It

This isn't Philip Marlowe's world anymore. Crime authors need to take on international issues and aim for real change.

By Bryan Christy | April 15, 2021

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Japan's Most Notorious Kidnapping Is Still Unsolved

By Ferdison Cayetano | April 14, 2021

Hitchcock, The Voyeur: Why Rear Window Remains the Director's Definitive Film

By Edward White | April 13, 2021

The Internet Is the New Panopticon: Suspense in the Age of Digital Surveillance

By A. E. Osworth | April 13, 2021

What Happened to the Actors Who Were Performing the Night Lincoln Was Shot?

What Happened to the Actors Who Were Performing the Night Lincoln Was Shot?

For the actors performing at Ford's Theatre that night, the assassination was an act that would haunt them for decades.

By Mariah Fredericks | April 12, 2021

The Women of the OSS:<br> On The Pioneering American Spies of WWII

The Women of the OSS:
On The Pioneering American Spies of WWII

35% of those serving in the OSS, the precursor to the CIA, were women, and yet their stories have only begun to be told.

By Jane Healey | April 9, 2021

Why Traveling Through Fiction Is a Form of Ecotourism

Why Traveling Through Fiction Is a Form of Ecotourism

Nine International Novels to Offset Your Carbon Footprint

By Jeffrey Siger | April 9, 2021

The Hidden History of Women and the IRA

The Hidden History of Women and the IRA

"Perhaps we prefer to believe that the girls and women of the IRA and other radical groups were somehow tricked into joining, that they were naïve, that a man was somewhere in the background pulling the strings."

By Flynn Berry | April 8, 2021

How to Balance Worldbuilding and Action in Your Novel

How to Balance Worldbuilding and Action in Your Novel

"Worldbuilding without action is boring, and action without worldbuilding is confusing."

By Dan Stout | April 7, 2021

Characters That Are So Bad, They're Great

Characters That Are So Bad, They're Great

"I love writing the colder, crueller beings."

By Adele Parks | April 7, 2021

The Importance of Food in Fiction

The Importance of Food in Fiction

"Food denotes place. Food, from production to preparation to consumption involves all the senses."

By Michael Sears | April 6, 2021

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