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Writing in the South—About Southern Women

Writing in the South—About Southern Women

Kristen Bird on the archetype and defying expectations.

By Kristen Bird | March 14, 2023

The Rise of Domestic Noir: A Decade After <em>Gone Girl</em>

The Rise of Domestic Noir: A Decade After Gone Girl

Marie Still asks authors and book mavens to share their reasons for loving today's hottest thrillers.

By Marie Still | March 10, 2023

Weaving Social Issues Into Your Thrillers

Weaving Social Issues Into Your Thrillers

Amanda Traylor on commercial thrillers, entertainment, and finding characters who are engaged with the world around them.

By Amanda Traylor | March 10, 2023

Setting and Psyche: Using Unsettling Landscapes to Explore Human Darkness

Setting and Psyche: Using Unsettling Landscapes to Explore Human Darkness

"Place makes us in ways both big and small—it shapes our language, our occupations, the pace at which we live."

By Erica Waters | March 10, 2023

The Backlist: Revisiting Tim O'Brien's 'In the Lake of the Woods' with Angie Kim

The Backlist: Revisiting Tim O'Brien's 'In the Lake of the Woods' with Angie Kim

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

By Polly Stewart | March 9, 2023

Christopher Bollen on Americans Abroad and Setting as an Active Character

Christopher Bollen on Americans Abroad and Setting as an Active Character

In his latest literary thriller, Bollen brings the mystery to Cairo.

By Peter Handel | March 8, 2023

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Genetics, DNA, and A Difficult Question: Do We Ever Really Have Control Of Our Lives?

Genetics, DNA, and A Difficult Question: Do We Ever Really Have Control Of Our Lives?

J. T. Ellison on her struggles to conceive and the long conflict between nature and nurture.

By J. T. Ellison | March 2, 2023

Alex North On the Pleasures of Fictional Forbidden Texts

Alex North On the Pleasures of Fictional Forbidden Texts

"It's a familiar and recurring motif in fiction: the search for a work of art that may or may not exist."

By Alex North | March 2, 2023

Suspiciously Suspect: Who Is—and Isn't—an Unreliable Narrator?

Suspiciously Suspect: Who Is—and Isn't—an Unreliable Narrator?

Zoje Stage on the evolution of a sometimes uncomfortable term of art

By Zoje Stage | March 1, 2023

Shop Talk: Brendan Slocumb Absolutely Does Not Listen to Music While He's Writing

Shop Talk: Brendan Slocumb Absolutely Does Not Listen to Music While He's Writing

Crime writers talk routine, revision, and what kind of background noise is right for the workday.

By Eli Cranor | February 28, 2023

On Friendships as Catalysts

On Friendships as Catalysts

Without these fateful fictional meetings, the characters in these works might have behaved badly, but certainly not this badly...

By Harriet Tyce | February 28, 2023

The Sisterhood of Serial Death

The Sisterhood of Serial Death

Women who kill (and kill again) were once rare in fiction. Not anymore.

By Misha Popp | February 24, 2023

Without Shame: Female Writers on Female Psychopaths

Without Shame: Female Writers on Female Psychopaths

Julia Bartz on the new wave of psychological thrillers

By Julia Bartz | February 23, 2023

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