Margot Mayor is New York Times bestselling author Archer Mayor‘s partner-in-crime and the Director of Marketing, New Projects and Publicity at archermayor.com. Join her for a discussion about how she tapped into a mystery book club and set up a think tank to get useful feedback regarding the trajectory of the Joe Gunther novels. Bonus: Comment on…
Join author Jonathan Lang as he shares how digging into his family history and years of research culminated in Meyer—a new graphic novel from Humanoids about notorious Jewish mobster Meyer Lansky. Bonus: Read through and comment on the post below to enter for a chance to win a copy of Lang’s Meyer. “I was of…
Perusing the list of Edgar winners, trying to decide which I wanted to tackle for this retrospective, New Orleans Mourning jumped out almost immediately thanks to its utterly gonzo synopsis: It’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans, and civic leader and socialite Chauncey St. Amant has been crowned Rex, King of Carnival. But his day of…
Join Linwood Barclay, author of Elevator Pitch, for a conversation about a unique motivation for protagonists in two of television’s best crime dramas, Get Shorty and The Deuce. Bonus: once you’ve read the essay, comment on this post to enter for a chance to win a copy of Linwood Barclay’s new book—Elevator Pitch. We think…
Skeptical about DNA testing and family ancestry tests? Colleen Coble has you beat. Join Colleen, author of Strands of Truth, as she lists inventive story ideas involving the potential misuse and abuse of DNA data. You may want to think twice before spitting in that cup… Test your DNA and find out who you really are.…
Join Bella Ellis—author of The Vanished Bride, the first book in the Brontë Sisters Mystery series—as she uncovers some fascinating facts about the famous literary sisters we thought we knew so well. Read through and comment on this post to enter for a chance to win a copy of The Vanished Bride. I have always…
Join Michael Laurence, author of The Extinction Agenda, for a discussion on conspiracy theories and see if you can determine which notorious theories from history proved to be true and which ones were debunked. Bonus: Read through and comment on the post below for a chance to win a copy of The Extinction Agenda, available…
Inspired by the upcoming anniversary of the Gulf War, Siri Mitchell, author of State of Lies, compiles a list of the most memorable characters from pop culture who served in and were changed by the war. As the 30th anniversary of the Gulf War approaches I’ve been thinking about how war can be an incubator…
Join Louise Jensen, USA Today bestselling author of The Sister, as she shares writing tips and discusses 4 necessary elements all suspense novels should have. Her new novel, The Date, is available now! Currently, I’m writing my 6th psychological thriller and although my suspense novels all have completely different plots there are four main things…
Join author Cindy Anstey as she explores how the concept of a full-time police force evolved from the informal truncheon-swinging “Peelers” and “Bobbies.” The Hummingbird Dagger—Cindy’s new YA novel set in a turbulent 1800’s London as the police force is transforming—blends romance, danger, and mystery. Research is the lifeblood of a historical writer. Not only…
