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Category Archives: Writers
“Chaos and Community at a Family Seder” (by Elizabeth Zelvin)
Posted in History, Setting, Writers, Writing
Tagged celebration, community, family, holiday, inspiration, jewish, writers, writing
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“I Thought Up This Title in the Bath” (by Mat Coward)
Mat Coward’s latest short story for EQMM, “Yeah, I Meant to Do That,” appears in our current issue (March/April 2021). The British author’s novels span the genres of crime, fantasy, and science fiction, but he’s particularly distinguished in the mystery … Continue reading
Posted in Writers, Writing
Tagged amwriting, crime fiction, crime writing, fiction, mystery fiction, science fiction, w riting, writers
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“The Most Versatile of All Genres?” (by Mike Adamson)
Mike Adamson made his EQMM debut in our January/February 2021 issue with the story “The Shadow of the New.” Previously, most of his stories were in the field of speculative fiction, where he’s received nominations for the Hugo and Aurealis … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Characters, Classic Mystery, Genre, Guest, hardboiled, Historicals, History, Holmesian, Pop Culture, Writers, Writing
Tagged classical mystery, crime, fiction, golden age, mystery, readers, romance, science fiction, western
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“The Greatest Year in the History of Crime Fiction” (by Kevin Mims)
Short-story writer and popular-fiction fan Kevin Mims is back this week talking about seminal years in crime fiction and making a case for the greatest one of all. —Janet Hutchings What was the greatest year in the history of crime … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fiction, Genre, Guest, History, Writers
Tagged bestsellers, books, crime fiction, favorite books, history, mystery fiction, popular fiction, writers
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“Am I and My Detective the Same Person?” (by John Lantigua)
John Lantigua’s fifth and latest Willie Cuesta novel, Remember My Face, was published in 2020 to rave reviews. A Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, John has been writing Willie Cuesta stories for EQMM for many years. In this post he gives … Continue reading
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Tagged character, private eye, writers, writing
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“Plot” (by Robert Cummins)
Colorado-based author Robert Cummins has had a successful academic career, and has now turned his pen (which authored four books from MIT and Oxford Press as well as sixty articles) to fiction writing. His two novels—Hariq, a Cold War spy … Continue reading
“This Death Called Strangeness: Some Reflections on Cornell Woolrich” (by R.T. Raichev)
R.T. Raichev, mystery scholar and author of the Antonia Darcy and Major Payne series, has written previously on this site about Agatha Christie, P.D. James, Sherlock Holmes, and others. Here, he turns his attention Cornell Woolrich—continuing the theme of last … Continue reading
“When Hesitation Knocks” (by Karen Harrington)
Karen Harrington’s first adult novel, Janeology, came out in 2008. She has since won awards and praise for three novels from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. The latest of them, 2016’s Mayday, received starred reviews from both PW and … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Books, Fiction, Genre, Publishing, Writers, Writing
Tagged challenge, fear, hesitation, mystery fiction, risk, truth, writers, writing
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“City Sagas” (by Kevin Mims)
Essayist and short-story writer Kevin Mims is a frequent contributor to this site. A popular-fiction aficionado—especially when it comes to paperbacks of the late twentieth century—he often provides insight into the intersection and development of genres. That’s certainly true of … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Books, Business, Characters, Fiction, Genre, Guest, Historicals, History, Pop Culture, Setting, Western, Writers, Writing
Tagged cape cod, history, mystery, new england, pop culture, pop fiction, saga, western, writers, writing
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