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What Dystopias Reveal About Us
"What’s the name for a dystopia that is no longer imaginary?"
By
C. J. Carey
| August 31, 2022
Hungry Like a Dog: James Ellroy Will Not Stop Being James Ellroy
A conversation with the author (and now podcaster) who has no intention of pulling back his writing or his personality.
By
M.R. Allan
| August 26, 2022
Mark Pryor On Writing a Novel Set During WWII-Era France To Honor His Family History
"[T]he First and Second World Wars remain alive, not just in our imaginations but before our very eyes."
By
Mark Pryor
| August 26, 2022
Why Is World War II Such A Popular Subject For Historical Fiction Right Now?
Rhys Bowen on how certain eras go in and out of "marketability" despite their perennial popularity.
By
Rhys Bowen
| August 5, 2022
One Night in Tehran, August 1953: The Law of Unintended Consequences
Tom Bradby on lingering imperialism, the coup, and the moments that reverberated through history.
By
Tom Bradby
| August 4, 2022
August, 1896: A Heat Wave Spawns a Crime Wave in Gilded Age New York
"[V]iolent crimes such as murder and assaults spike in hot weather, and the hotter the weather the worse the crime..."
By
W. H. Flint
| July 27, 2022
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Anarchism: Beauty and Terror in the 1890s
By
Nev March
| July 26, 2022
London and the Long, Dark shadow of Charles Dickens
By
Simon Toyne
| July 14, 2022
Top Secret: The Allure of the Confidential File
By
Anika Scott
| July 12, 2022
Munich: Raise a Beer to Southern German Crime Writing
Crime and the City visits the Bavarian capital
By
Paul French
| July 11, 2022
21 New and Upcoming Historical Fiction Titles To Check Out This Summer
Rogue spies, budding revolutionaries, cynical nightclub singers, and so much more
By
Molly Odintz
| July 7, 2022
Shop Talk: James Kestrel on Writing Novels During Lunch in Quiet Honolulu Bars
Crime writers talking writing routines, revision, and finding the right bar atmosphere for an epic crime novel.
By
Eli Cranor
| July 7, 2022
Into the Past:
Blood Transfusions in the Seventeenth Century
Historical fiction writer Robert Lloyd on a series of bizarre and bloody experiments in Restoration England.
By
Robert Lloyd
| July 6, 2022
Cheryl Head On Using Crime Fiction To Tell The Story of Her Grandfather's Murder
Read an interview with Cheryl Head and see a cover reveal of her new novel,
Time's Undoing
By
Kellye Garrett
| June 30, 2022
Unusual and Iconic Tales of Intentional Poisonings
Kate Khavari on the long and sordid history of murder by poison
By
Kate Khavari
| June 17, 2022
The Constellation of Possibilities: An Approach to Writing Historical Fiction
Matt Bondurant on a natural disaster, a discovered photograph, and the craft exercise that followed.
By
Matt Bondurant
| June 15, 2022
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