Free copy of The Best American Short Stories (2022) PLUS a Three-year subscription (Twelve Issues) “For a quarter of a century, The Strand has not only been bringing fabulous contemporary mystery and thriller stories to readers—but it has also managed, on an astonishingly regular basis, to dig up unpublished and long-lost stories by the titans of the […]
TSM: You two have been co-authors for several years and have written multiple books together. What does your writing process usually look like? How has it evolved over the years as you’ve learned to write together? A&W: Well, we’d like to give you a long overview of our insanely disciplined and well developed process, but […]
Gender Swap: Three Thriller Titans Transition to Female Protagonists by Bonnie Kistler Michael Connelly, John Sandford, and Scott Turow are giants in the mystery/suspense/thriller world. They’ve produced bestseller after bestseller over careers spanning more than three decades. I’ve been a loyal reader of all three from the beginning, and their novels are what the […]
TSM: As a prolific author of numerous military thriller novels, what has been the most challenging thing about the genre you’ve come to define your work by? JH: The military thriller genre is PACKED with so much talent and with guys like Mark Greaney, Brad Taylor, Brad Thor, Jack Carr, Andrews and Wilson, Simon Gervais […]
TSM: Your recent debut novel, A Disappearance in Fiji, is a historical fiction detective novel revolving around an Indian police sergeant and mysterious disappearances in British-colonized Fiji. Can you tell us a little bit about the book and your writing process? NR: A Disappearance in Fiji is set in colonial Fiji in 1914. This is a […]
TSM: How did you initially come to write in the psychological thriller genre? Are there any authors, novels, films, or other pieces of media that drew you in or inspire you in your current writing? WW: When I first started writing, I was drawn to legal thrillers – mostly because I was a lawyer, and […]
By Reavis Wortham My works are always set in small-town Texas. Though I exist near the DFW metroplex, I’m no fan of cities, and only a couple of chapters in a twelve-year career as a novelist have occurred in those canyons of concrete and steel. Maybe that’s because my roots run deep in rural Northeast […]
By David Wagner If you write a murder mystery there are certain requirements. To begin with, you must have a dead body pop up somewhere, usually at the beginning of the book. Then you start to develop your characters and begin throwing out clues, both false and real. Along the way are the clever twists […]
Today, it might seem like the vampire genre has gone stale. Much of the genre now consists of cheap storylines that rely on overused, often misogynistic, tropes. However, this has not always been the case. When the genre was first getting started, it took quite a few writers to figure out what the vampire story […]
The World of Shakespeare: 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle Piece together the world of Shakespeare in this art jigsaw puzzle depicting the London of his day. Spot a huge cast of contemporary extras as A Midsummer Night’s Dream is rehearsed at the Globe and fellow actors wander the streets, along with local characters who may well […]