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Joanna Novins

The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

Stieg Larsson’s Girl Breaks the Rules

By Joanna Novins

May 15, 2011

Several months ago, I attended a writer’s conference where the draw included the founder of a major literary agency speaking on crafting the big scenes for a blockbuster novel—(and no, it wasn’t Donald Maass, who has written a well-known and fascinating book on writing the breakout novel). In preparation for the presentation, the speaker asked that…

Gone, Baby, Gone by Dennis Lehane

Lehane Writes Romance, too? Kenzie and Gennaro

By Joanna Novins

May 3, 2011

I’ve been looking for love in all the wrong places…and finding it in mysteries and thrillers! For the last five years, I've run the green room at Book Expo America—the national trade show for the book industry. Authors come through the green room before their book signings.  For a bookworm like me, it's sheer heaven—a…

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