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"I learned a great deal from all of the great British thriller writers, not only about writing but about the world"

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Carnivals, harvest festivals, imaginary worlds...they all make for great settings for thrillers.

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Polar exploration is the perfect setting to explore ambiguity, storytelling, and lack of resolution.

Kaira Rouda and Kimberly Belle on Writing Relationship Thrillers

Or, two happily married authors interview each other about writing dark thrillers centered around relationships.

Martin Edwards on Murder in the Basement, A Pioneering Work of Suspense

"Berkeley’s cynicism and love of irony are much in evidence in Murder in the Basement, and so is his flair for taking the genre in new directions."

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New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

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Sarah Fox with "several cozies featuring fall festivals that will give you all the autumn feels"

The Favorite Crime Novels that Inspired Elyse Friedman to Write One of Her Own

"I’ve always been a fan of crime fiction, so I don’t know why it took me so long to try my hand at it."

How Edgar Allan Poe Reinvented American Literature – and Science Writing

John Tresch: "In that lurid myth, in those shocking images, that's where the field of experimentation for future literature lives."

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These novels are wacky, weird, and wildly entertaining.

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