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    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

    E.A. Aymar talks with fellow crime writers about appropriation, and how to write across identity lines responsibly.

    By E.A. Aymar | November 12, 2020

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

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

    This Week on Unlikeable Female Characters Podcast

    By Unlikeable Female Characters | November 12, 2020

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    Tana French Talks Westerns, Folklore, and The Comfort of Crime Fiction

    By Molly Odintz | November 5, 2020

    My First Thriller: Scott Turow

    By Rick Pullen | October 29, 2020

    Denise Mina Is Spending Her Quarantine Watching Shoah

    By Molly Odintz | October 28, 2020

    Elizabeth Hand on Outsiders, Punks, and the Crime Fiction of Subcultures

    Elizabeth Hand on Outsiders, Punks, and the Crime Fiction of Subcultures

    If you're not reading the Cass Neary series already, now's the time.

    By Lisa Levy | October 26, 2020

    Crime Writers Who Hate Writing About Crime: <br>A Conversation with Layne Fargo and Wendy Heard

    Crime Writers Who Hate Writing About Crime:
    A Conversation with Layne Fargo and Wendy Heard

    The creators of the Unlikeable Female Characters Podcast on the the tricky business of fictional murder.

    By Layne Fargo | October 16, 2020

    Let's Explore a Complicated Thriller Archetype: The

    Let's Explore a Complicated Thriller Archetype: The "Vengeful Bitch"

    This Week on Unlikeable Female Characters Podcast

    By Unlikeable Female Characters | October 14, 2020

    James Crumley's Unofficial Rules for Writing

    James Crumley's Unofficial Rules for Writing

    Craft lessons distilled from one of crime fiction's all-time greats.

    By Dwyer Murphy | October 12, 2020

    How Elmore Leonard Really Wrote His Novels—According to His Characters

    How Elmore Leonard Really Wrote His Novels—According to His Characters

    "So he names us and he says okay start talking."

    By Dwyer Murphy | October 9, 2020

    Chandler and the Fox: The Mid-Century Correspondence Between Raymond Chandler and James M. Fox

    Chandler and the Fox: The Mid-Century Correspondence Between Raymond Chandler and James M. Fox

    Chandler's letters to a younger crime writer offer a revealing—and often ugly—glimpse into his later years.

    By Curtis Evans | October 8, 2020

    Gillian Flynn on Paranoia, Conspiracy Theories, and Adding

    Gillian Flynn on Paranoia, Conspiracy Theories, and Adding "Showrunner" to Her Resume

    The novelist takes on a new challenge as the creator of the sci-fi thriller series, Utopia.

    By Caitlin Flynn | October 5, 2020

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