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My First Thriller: David Morrell

My First Thriller: David Morrell

How the 'First Blood' author went from being a graduate student writing Faulkner imitations to reinventing the action novel.

By Rick Pullen | August 13, 2020

My Pandemic Master Class with <em>The Silence of the Lambs</em>

My Pandemic Master Class with The Silence of the Lambs

What I learned from re-reading Thomas Harris in lockdown.

By Julia Heaberlin | August 11, 2020

He Made His West London Youth Into a Spy Novel. It Wasn't Such a Stretch After All.

He Made His West London Youth Into a Spy Novel. It Wasn't Such a Stretch After All.

"I didn’t get to choose which side I could stand on. That was decided for me dependent solely on race and religion."

By Khurrum Rahman | August 10, 2020

It's Time to Demystify the Serial Killer.

It's Time to Demystify the Serial Killer.

Catherine Ryan Howard explains why we need to stop turning killers into dark magicians and to acknowledge the institutional failures and simple mistakes behind their monstrosities.

By Catherine Ryan Howard | August 3, 2020

Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Evolution

Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Evolution

Brian Freeman

By CrimeReads Excerpts | July 31, 2020

How a Lost Laptop and an Encounter with Criminal Bullfighters Saved My Novel

How a Lost Laptop and an Encounter with Criminal Bullfighters Saved My Novel

Learning to write when inspiration strikes.

By Stan Parish | July 28, 2020

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By Nick Kolakowski | July 24, 2020

Meet Your Maker

By CrimeReads Excerpts | July 23, 2020

How To Write Realistically About Politics and Current Events When the Real World Can Be Stranger Than Fiction

By Eric Van Lustbader | July 22, 2020

How Writing a Nature Thriller Helped Me Tap Into the Extremes of Human Nature

How Writing a Nature Thriller Helped Me Tap Into the Extremes of Human Nature

A Trip to the Mountains and a Story of Survival

By Jen Waite | July 21, 2020

9 Essential Books To Learn About Our Badly Broken American Political System

9 Essential Books To Learn About Our Badly Broken American Political System

A political thriller writer shares his favorite works of fiction and nonfiction.

By David Pepper | July 20, 2020

"All Good Things Must Come to and End... Even War"

Adam Dunn

By CrimeReads Excerpts | July 13, 2020

What Does It Take for Two People To Actually Write a Novel Together?

What Does It Take for Two People To Actually Write a Novel Together?

Smith Henderson and Jon Marc Smith on the ups and downs of collaborative writing and the years-long quest to create a thriller.

By Smith Henderson and Jon Marc Smith | July 13, 2020

How I Helped Bring Gay Men to the World of International Thrillers—And Found a Readership of Women in the Process

How I Helped Bring Gay Men to the World of International Thrillers—And Found a Readership of Women in the Process

In a genre long dominated by action and archetypes, an author discovers a new audience.

By Timothy Jay Smith | July 10, 2020

My First Thriller: Steve Berry

My First Thriller: Steve Berry

After twelve years and eighty-six submissions, Steve Berry's persistence finally paid off with the launch of a blockbuster series.

By Rick Pullen | July 9, 2020

Do the Best Adaptations Keep the Author At Arm's Length?

Do the Best Adaptations Keep the Author At Arm's Length?

A screenwriter and crime writer thinks back on 20 years of the collaborative process.

By David Klass | July 8, 2020

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