INTERVIEW WITH KIM HAYS

Kim Hays, a graduate of Harvard and UC-Berkeley, is a mystery writer as well as a cultural sociologist. A long-time resident of Switzerland, she was born in the United States, and has lived in Canada, Puerto Rico, and Sweden. She is the author of the Polizei Bern series, including Pesticide and Sons and Brothers. In […]

INTERVIEW WITH THOMAS KAPLAN-MAXFIELD

Thomas Kaplan-Maxfield is a Professor of English at Boston College, where he teaches detective fiction, science fiction, gothic fiction, and creative nonfiction writing. A beloved professor, he is in the process of writing the third novel of An Adventure on the Heights, a series influenced by the Harry Potter and The Da Vinci Code. His […]

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Queer Authors To Add To Your Reading List

Continuing the spirit of Pride Month, here are queer authors whose writing embodies the spirit of the mystery and thriller genres while imbuing some much needed-representation to novels and to authors. Writing has always been for everybody, by everybody, and publishers and audiences alike are only now celebrating this notion. Many genres, such as YA […]