
Robert Olen Butler on Writing
Robert Olen Butler on Writing AFG: Tell us how your experiences in the Vietnam War formed your writing? ROB: In 1969, I was caught up in the pre-lottery draft for the Vietnam War and wound up […]
Robert Olen Butler on Writing AFG: Tell us how your experiences in the Vietnam War formed your writing? ROB: In 1969, I was caught up in the pre-lottery draft for the Vietnam War and wound up […]
The Secret Life of Raymond Chandler Researching Raymond Chandler’s life was not always easy. I came to Chandler as a fan first, having fallen in love with his writing at university. I devoured the novels […]
The Follies of Gods (Excerpt) “Perhaps you can be of some help to me.”?These were the first words Tennessee Williams spoke to me in that initial phone call to my parents’ home in Baton Rouge, […]
The Real Sherlock Holmes On a cold winter’s evening in December 1886, Arthur Foster left the Queen’s Theatre, Manchester, England, with a pocket full of gold and a bejeweled lady on his arm. Stepping carefully […]
Strand Critics Award Nominees 2014 The Strand has announced its nominees for the 2014 Strand Magazine Critics Awards. Recognizing excellence in the field of mystery fiction, the CCritics Awards were judged by a select group […]
Private Lives of Great Detectives: From Sherlock Holmes to Spenser In 1973, I met another one-name tough guy via paperback and began following him, this one a Boston P.I. named Spenser. Robert B. Parker “grounded” […]
On the Menu: A delicious meal prepared by Flynn, Patterson, and Lippman Aunt Effie’s Salmon Ball by LAURA LIPPMAN My Aunt Effie—actually my great aunt—was a Capital-C Character, an old-fashioned steel magnolia with a hearty laugh […]
Poe’s Inspiration for Marie Roget Seldom does one hear or read of an 18th-century murder mystery. No, it’s clear that that the private commission of and public fascination with homicide flourished in the 19th century— the […]
Interview with Jussi Adler-Olsen (One of Denmark’s most successful authors spoke to us about his latest book–recently his popularity has grown in the United States, thanks in part to his well-researched thrillers, with intricate plots, unforgettable characters, […]
Boo! Do Ghosts Exist? Oh, how I wish I believed in ghosts! It would make every kind of sense if I did. Aunt Dimity, the character whose name appears on every cover of every book […]
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