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    Planning a Heist with Your Spouse

    Planning a Heist with Your Spouse

    For married co-authors Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka, writing a heist novel brought them even closer together.

    By Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka | June 7, 2024

    What Caleb Carr Taught Me About the Families We Make

    What Caleb Carr Taught Me About the Families We Make

    On finding a way through life, with 'The Alienist'

    By Zack Budryk | June 6, 2024

    K.A. Cobell: Letting My Characters Shine the Light

    K.A. Cobell: Letting My Characters Shine the Light

    "I wasn’t sure how I could create the gritty, propulsive thriller I always aim to while also sensitively weaving in an epidemic that is currently plaguing my tribal nation and hundreds of other tribes in the US, but I knew I needed to try."

    By K.A. Cobell | June 6, 2024

    What the Story of Alvin Ridley Can Teach Us About Snap Judgements

    What the Story of Alvin Ridley Can Teach Us About Snap Judgements

    A defense attorney remembers his most unusual client

    By McCracken Poston, Jr. | June 5, 2024

    Who Was Q. Patrick, the Golden Age Mystery Author?

    Who Was Q. Patrick, the Golden Age Mystery Author?

    Curtis Evans investigates one of the great, underappreciated writers of the Golden Age.

    By Curtis Evans | June 5, 2024

    Gary Phillips Reflects on His Reissued Classic Novel of the LA Uprisings

    Gary Phillips Reflects on His Reissued Classic Novel of the LA Uprisings

    "A lot has changed from thirty years ago and a lot, it seems, has not. Advances tend to foster backlashes."

    By Gary Phillips | June 3, 2024

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