Meet the 2018 Edgar Allan Poe award nominees

Posted on January 23, 2019 at 4:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We came up short yesterday in our congratulations to literary award nominees! The Mystery Writers of America announced the contenders...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, Mystery

Creating a wiki for your crime novel

Posted on January 12, 2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Writing advice, when it comes to world-building, often focuses on science fiction and fantasy. That said, copy editor/proofreader Louise Harnby...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Mystery, Writing advice

Any objections to author Ian Rankin's By The Book picks?

Posted on December 20, 2018 at 4:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

This week’s By The Book feature is hopefully less controversial than last week’s. Scottish crime writer Ian Rankin does admit...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Mystery, The New York Times

Author Q&A: Doranna Durgin

Posted on December 20, 2018 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Fantasy, science fiction, and horror author Doranna Durgin's photo and website URL.

Author Doranna Durgin has always been determined to write — and boy, has she ever done it.

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Fantasy, Mystery, Science fiction

Author revels in chance to re-create Wooster and Jeeves

Posted on December 6, 2018 at 1:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Authors invited or allowed to expand on someone else’s beloved fiction must ride quite the emotional roller-coaster. Ben Schott found...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Mystery, NPR

Starz to adapt Tana French's Dublin Murder Squad series

Posted on December 4, 2018 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Starz hit ratings paydirt by adapting Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series, and now it's turning to mystery author Tana French, according to...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Mystery, TV adaptation

Mystery Writers of America revokes top prize

Posted on November 29, 2018 at 12:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The running debate over how much weight to give an author’s life beyond his or her literary efforts has manifested...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, Mystery, Scandal

Watch Ian Fleming interview Raymond Chandler

Posted on November 5, 2018 at 4:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s a dark and dreary day in Des Moines, so it seemed fitting that we stumbled upon footage of Ian...

Tagged As: Mystery, Thriller, Video

Author Q&A: Anita Rodgers

Posted on November 1, 2018 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Mystery and suspense author Anita Rodgers's photo and website URL.

It’s no mystery how Anita Rodgers wound up writing novels for (part of) her living. As a shy kid, she...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Mystery

The character your mystery novels need

Posted on October 31, 2018 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If you’re new to writing mysteries, Zara Altair wants to introduce you to an important character with whom you might...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Characters, Mystery, Writing advice, Zara Altair