Essays

How to Address an Issue in Your Fiction – And Even Inspire Activism

Alice Henderson on climate change, animals, and finding a way to make people care.

November 17, 2022  By Alice Henderson
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Mariah Fredericks on The Heartbreaking Details of Historical Fiction

"[I]t’s their pain, not mine. My story, but their lives."

November 17, 2022  By Mariah Fredericks
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Queer Criminality in Swoon and The Living End

"Thirty years later, the thorny characters and violent acts that characterize these films render them still potent and disquieting."

November 16, 2022  By Robert Stinner
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My Path to Writing a Native American Mystery

D.M. Rowell (Koyh Mi O Boy Dah) on the journey to her first novel.

November 16, 2022  By D.M. Rowell (Koyh Mi O Boy Dah)
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The Joys of Incorporating Golden Age Cliches into Contemporary Fiction

Phillip Margolin on writing "a novel that contained every cliché from the mysteries of the Golden Age"

November 16, 2022  By Phillip Margolin
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The Beauty of a Banned Book

"Let's light a bonfire, and curl up with our favorite banned books. Because when we read, we are not alone."

November 16, 2022  By Lynn Hightower
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A Cold Case in Florida

The Mysterious Murder of a Troubled Teen

November 15, 2022  By Jeff Patterson
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The Magic of London 

London has always been a special setting for crime novels. Its appeal is always evolving.

November 15, 2022  By Elly Griffiths
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The Unspoken Criminality of the Female PI

Why The Girl Friday?

November 14, 2022  By Emily Edwards
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A Moment of Racial Reckoning in Crime Fiction

Ausma Zehanat Khan on the need to deglamorize policing in the age of Black Lives Matter.

November 11, 2022  By Ausma Zehanat Khan
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