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    Crime-Fighting Broad: Jessie Levy, Defender of the Dillinger Gang

    Crime-Fighting Broad: Jessie Levy, Defender of the Dillinger Gang

    Criminal Broads Presents: The Woman in the Boys Club

    By Tori Telfer | January 21, 2021

    How Will California Crime Fiction Reckon with the COVID Era?

    How Will California Crime Fiction Reckon with the COVID Era?

    Part Two of our roundtable discussion with California crime writers.

    By Lisa Levy | January 13, 2021

    Lee Child and Paraic O'Donnell on Moral Codes, Punching Nazis, and Human Evolution

    Lee Child and Paraic O'Donnell on Moral Codes, Punching Nazis, and Human Evolution

    Two authors go deep on the history and significance of Reacher.

    By Paraic O'Donnell | January 12, 2021

    The State of California Crime Fiction: A Roundtable Discussion

    The State of California Crime Fiction: A Roundtable Discussion

    California crime writers discuss police, fires, pandemic, proposition politics, and the future of crime fiction.

    By Lisa Levy | January 11, 2021

    My First Thriller: Lawrence Block

    My First Thriller: Lawrence Block

    Sixty years later, Block says writing midcentury erotica was an "ideal apprenticeship" for a life in crime fiction.

    By Rick Pullen | January 7, 2021

    This 1970s Film About Ross Macdonald Is Fascinating and Unexpectedly Beautiful

    This 1970s Film About Ross Macdonald Is Fascinating and Unexpectedly Beautiful

    A 1977 documentary that aired on PBS shows the legendary author working and swimming, alive with ideas.

    By Dwyer Murphy | January 4, 2021

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    Watch a Short, Delightfully Awkward Interview with Graham Greene

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    Janet Evanovich Talks Craft, Art, and Selfhood

    Janet Evanovich Talks Craft, Art, and Selfhood

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    By Molly Odintz | December 7, 2020

    Gilly Macmillan and Susan Lewis on Finding Your Story and the Perfect Setting

    Gilly Macmillan and Susan Lewis on Finding Your Story and the Perfect Setting

    Two authors discuss their journeys in crime fiction.

    By Gilly Macmillan | November 30, 2020

    Graphic Content: A Walk Through the Dark Corners of the Irish Noir Graphic Novel

    Graphic Content: A Walk Through the Dark Corners of the Irish Noir Graphic Novel

    In Bog Bodies, Declan Shalvey and Gavin Fullerton give the crime comic a new, distinctly Irish lens.

    By Alex Segura | November 20, 2020

    Love and Murder with Jo Nesbø

    Love and Murder with Jo Nesbø

    The dark prince of crime fiction on family, noir, and murder in the mountain towns of Norway

    By Abby Endler | November 19, 2020

    C.J. Box on <em>Big Sky</em>, Big Twists, and Bringing a New Western Thriller to Montana

    C.J. Box on Big Sky, Big Twists, and Bringing a New Western Thriller to Montana

    The new thriller, Big Sky marks the first time the author's work has been adapted for the screen. It's long overdue.

    By Michael Barson | November 16, 2020

    Writing Outside Representation

    Writing Outside Representation

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    Let's Explore a Complicated Thriller Archetype: The Femme Fatale

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