• Interviews

    Writing Outside Representation

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

    November 12, 2020  By E.A. Aymar
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    Let's Explore a Complicated Thriller Archetype: The Femme Fatale

    This Week on Unlikeable Female Characters Podcast

    November 12, 2020  By Unlikeable Female Characters 
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    Tana French Talks Westerns, Folklore, and The Comfort of Crime Fiction

    "I think one of the reasons we read (and write) crime novels is to understand and process dark places, and this year definitely counts."

    November 5, 2020  By Molly Odintz
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    My First Thriller: Scott Turow

    For eight years, he wrote in thirty minute bursts on a commuter train. Then, he had himself a blockbuster novel.

    October 29, 2020  By Rick Pullen
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    Denise Mina Is Spending Her Quarantine Watching Shoah

    The Scottish crime writer on serial killers, policing, and how to protect the most vulnerable members of society.

    October 28, 2020  By Molly Odintz
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    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.

    October 26, 2020  By Lisa Levy
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    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.

    October 16, 2020  By Layne Fargo
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    Let's Explore a Complicated Thriller Archetype: The "Vengeful Bitch"

    This Week on Unlikeable Female Characters Podcast

    October 14, 2020  By Unlikeable Female Characters 
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    James Crumley's Unofficial Rules for Writing

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

    October 12, 2020  By Dwyer Murphy
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    How Elmore Leonard Really Wrote His Novels—According to His Characters

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

    October 9, 2020  By Dwyer Murphy
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