By Lisa Malice My First Bouchercon Conference as a Debut Author! Wow! That pretty much sums up my Bouchercon experience this year in Nashville. The five-day conference that brings together readers and writers passionate about mystery, thrills, and suspense was more exhilarating than I could have...
Kimberley Howe: Delve into Kira Peikoff's world of bioethics, where the thrills will leave you with with serious chills. A Q&A with Baby X: A Thriller Author Kira Peikoff What led you to study bioethics at Columbia University? I had never actually heard of bioethics as a field...
Once Upon a Villa By Andrew Kaplan I actually wrote the first draft of my about-to-be-released new book, Once Upon a Villa, after I hadn't written anything in a very long time. Years. I wasn't sure if I still knew how to write. So rather than try to write one of my spy thrillers, where I would...
Kimberley Howe: When I hear "art theft," I always flash on the movie, The Thomas Crowne Affair. If you delve into Otho Eskin’s new novel, you’ll learn about a dazzling heist that still remains unsolved today—an event he uses as a springboard for a compelling story that brings big Pharma together...
Gayle Lynds: How does a multi award-winning Hollywood screenwriter become a multi-award winning novelist? Read on for the inside story of how Jule Selbo moved to Portland, Maine, and reinvigorated her creative heart. By Jule Selbo 8 DAYS, the third book in my Dee Rommel Mystery Series, has been...
By S. J. Rozan The Mayors of New York - Writing Down the Boroughs I love New York. This won't come as a surprise to anyone who knows me, or reads me. It's not that I think it's the best place in the world. I've seen a lot, though not nearly as much as I want, of the world, and my lord, it's full...
By Jessica Thompson When reading a book, watching a movie, listening to a story, or even playing a game, most people focus on the characters or plot, but the third big ingredient is your setting. What is the setting? Google says it is the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned...
Writing Outside the Box Chris Goff: I first met Lee Goldberg at a Bouchercon some 20 years ago, and what sticks with me is his sense of humor and bigger-than-life personality. The man was holding court in the hotel foyer, recounting a conversation he’d had with his beautiful wife, Valerie (who is...
K. J. Howe: Paul Vidich’s Beirut Station is a novel with deep historical roots, and it reads like a real-life thriller. Spies, revenge, betrayal—buckle up your seat belt! By Paul Vidich On March 16, 1985, William Francis Buckley, the newly appointed CIA Chief of Station in Beirut, left his...
Kim Howe: PJ Caldas is a Brazilian writer and expert martial artist who is an ardent supporter of strong female characters, as you will see in the blog below. Welcome to the Rogues, PJ! By PJ Caldas This is Sharon. Five times per week, we train together in a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy in Port...
