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    Colson Whitehead on Why He Wrote a Heist Novel to Tell the Story of New York

    Colson Whitehead on Why He Wrote a Heist Novel to Tell the Story of New York

    "I wanted to salute that moment of night and those nighthawks."

    By Dwyer Murphy | September 14, 2021

    In Praise of the Slow-Burn Suspense of South and East Asian Thrillers

    In Praise of the Slow-Burn Suspense of South and East Asian Thrillers

    There's a new wave of thrillers coming out of South and East Asia, and they're radically different from their Western counterparts.

    By Amanda Jayatissa | September 14, 2021

    A Reader’s Guide to Crime and Suspense Fiction on the River

    A Reader’s Guide to Crime and Suspense Fiction on the River

    Why some of crime fiction's best stories are set on rivers.

    By Rebecca Hodge | September 14, 2021

    Julia Dahl On Turning to Fiction To Fill in the Emotional Gaps Left By Reportage

    Julia Dahl On Turning to Fiction To Fill in the Emotional Gaps Left By Reportage

    Working as a reporter left too many unanswered questions. Dahl wanted to know the answers.

    By Julia Dahl | September 14, 2021

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    Binge-Worthy Characters in Books and on the Screen

    How to create characters who will make a deep connection over a long-running series.

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    A Brief History of Giallo Fiction and the Italian Anti-Detective Novel

    A Brief History of Giallo Fiction and the Italian Anti-Detective Novel

    Fascist censors conspired against crime novels. Readers ate them up. Then a new generation of Italian writers, influenced by Kafka, deconstructed them.

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