Tag: Crime Fiction
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Craig Terlson, author of Three Minute Hero
What inspires you to write? In the big human condition picture, I believe stories have the ability to transform us. It’s how we relate to the world, how we remember, and how we tell others we feel. I love being in touch with what I call literary alchemy—a fancy way to say I love storytelling.…
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Shadow City: A Futuristic Noir by Michael Robbins
In a metropolis engulfed by shadows, Jack Harper, a former detective haunted by their own past, becomes embroiled in a conspiracy that stretches to the highest echelons of power. Jack’s path intertwines with a diverse cast of characters, each carrying their own secrets and motivations. Together, they navigate a treacherous landscape of deception, corporate greed,…
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J.S. James, author of River Run
What inspires you to write? At a macro level I write for the sheer fun of stringing words together, and then restringing, and restringing, and . . . At a micro level, taking up the thread each day can be exhausting. I’m one of those writers who sweat bullets for a while, then spray my…
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Paul McCracken, author of Where Crows Land
What inspires you to write? Music can play a big part in finding inspiration. With certain songs or instrumentals, I am able to create a kind of trailer for the story in my head and how I would see it play out. It also helps to set the mood and tone when getting into the…
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Where Crows Land, by Paul McCracken
This gripping thriller is set in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and chronicles the dramatic events when a former detective, Joseph Carter, sets out to gain redemption from the consequences of an old case that cost him everything. Carter is still haunted by the murders of his niece and brother-in-law at the hands of a serial killer…
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Native and Indigenous SciFi, Crime Novels, and more!
Crime novelists dish on writing about cops in a moment of reckoning (Los Angeles Times) Hall and Queally were joined by other L.A.-based crime fiction writers Attica Locke and Ivy Pochoda for a wide-ranging conversation about character voice, avoiding tropes, what they’re reading, the writing process — before and during a pandemic — and more. For Locke, the answer…
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Pandemic Lit, Central Park Birder Releases New Graphic Novel…
Reckoning with climate change in fiction (Fulton Sun) Climate fiction is literature, short stories, prose and poetry that take a serious look at climate change. “If you’re a big book nerd like me, you can look as far back as the ancient Epic of Gilgamesh to see narratives about people who are wrestling with large…
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Gone by A.C. Efverman
Three teenage boys disappear from an exclusive suburb in Sydney. Kidnappers contact the boys’ families – but before any ransom sums have been paid, two of the boys’ bodies are found floating in the harbor. DS Morgan Callaghan has taken time off work for personal reasons, but now he’s called in to lead the kidnapping…
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Nita J. Kulkarni, author of The Hawa Mahal Murders
When and why did you begin writing? I started writing when I was ten years old, with a diary. I wrote a diary for about 15 years and this wasn’t a chronology of events. I wrote about my thoughts and feelings, poems and character sketches of people I knew. I also wrote short stories, novellas,…
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Crime Fiction, AI Writing Novels, Celebrity Book Clubs, and more…
Computers are learning to write, but could they ever produce a literary masterpiece? (ABC News) However, the idea that a novel could ever be written by a machine may still strike some as absurd, given the complexity involved. Language has long been regarded by some AI researchers as a “final frontier”. To readers who value…
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