• Genres

    How Today's Top Authors Find the Right Balance for the "Literary Thriller"

    Jean Kwok asks authors how they approach reader and artistic demands.

    October 11, 2023  By Jean Kwok
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    “A Matter of Opinion”: Three Crimes and the Myths Surrounding Them

    "Each of these crimes has generated decades’ worth of mythology, some of it so far from the truth that the actual story isn’t recognizable in its own mythos."

    October 10, 2023  By Sam Rebelein
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    J.M. Redmann on A Lifetime of Crafting Queer Crime Fiction

    Ellen Hart interviews the iconic writer about the past, present, and future of lesbian sleuths in mystery fiction.

    October 10, 2023  By Ellen Hart
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    America’s Obsession with Asylums

    Or, How Visiting an Abandoned Lunatic Asylum Laid the Foundation for a Young Adult Novel

    October 10, 2023  By Tracy Hewitt Meyer
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    Writing Influences: A Cuban-Miami Identity & the Periphery of Santeria

    "I wanted to explore different ways this inherited power could be both a burden and a gift, and how often our diasporic heritage is built on silence."

    October 10, 2023  By Vanessa Montalban
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    Learning to Love Thrillers and Their Morally Compromised Characters

    Tim Lane was a stay-at-home dad who found he needed thrillers about people pushed to extremes.

    October 9, 2023  By Tim Lane
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    The Backlist: Revisiting Steve Hamilton’s 'The Lock Artist' with Elle Cosimano

    Polly Stewart is in discussion with today's top crime writers, returning to some of their favorite books.

    October 6, 2023  By Polly Stewart
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    Jesse Q. Sutanto on Toxic Friendships, Shrinking Attention Spans, and Finding the Muse

    "My characters are very well-behaved because they know I won't hesitate to kill them if they dare stray from the outline."

    October 6, 2023  By Molly Odintz
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    The Four Corners of Subjectivity

    How do crime writers get readers to "care about" characters who do terrible things?

    October 6, 2023  By Jake Lamar
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    Following Agatha Christie’s Footsteps in Torquay

    Kavitha Rao on the unique pleasures of attending the International Agatha Christie Festival

    October 5, 2023  By Kavitha Rao
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