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“It Was A Wandering Daughter Job: The Coens, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, and Dashiell Hammett” (by Adrian McKinty)

Posted on July 10, 2019 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Winner of the 2017 Edgar Allan Poe Award for best paperback original for Rain Dogs, Northern Ireland’s Adrian McKinty has swept crime fiction’s top awards in other parts of the world as well. His honors include the Ned Kelly Award, … Continue reading →

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“The Curious Case of the Novel in Stories” (by Art Taylor)

Posted on March 18, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Art Taylor made his fiction debut nearly twenty years ago, in EQMM’s Department of First Stories, with the December 1995 story “Murder on the Orient Express,” but there was a long hiatus before he appeared again, and most of his … Continue reading →

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“You Are What You Read” (by Jonathan Santlofer)

Posted on June 27, 2012 by somethingisgoingtohappen

A bestselling crime novelist and winner of the Nero Wolfe Award, Jonathan Santlofer only turned to writing fiction after he’d become well known as a painter. He has been the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts painting grants … Continue reading →

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