The Start of Something Big

The Start of Something Big

This is a book Ana and I have been dreaming of writing for 17 years. It is our love letter to the world.

My Dinner with José

My Dinner with José

I recently sat down with the accomplished Honduran author/screenwriter José H. Bográn for an interview for ITW’s monthly magazine, The Big Thrill. It was, as you will have already guessed … a big thrill.

On the Hot Seat

On the Hot Seat

I recently sat down for an interrogation — I’m sorry, I mean INTERVIEW — with crime writer Elena Hartwell Taylor. Here’s the confession she pried out of me.

The Heroes Behind the Pages

The Heroes Behind the Pages

The only reason novels work is that they are solidly rooted in the reality of our experience. Here are some tidbits of real life that we sewed into the cloth of Finn’s story — real places, real people, and real events.

The Anatomy of Suspense

The Anatomy of Suspense

Reviewers are calling my novel STEEL FEAR “action-packed.” It’s not really true—but it FEELS like it is. Exactly how does that work?

To Write a Killer

To Write a Killer

For years I wrestled with this question: not how to write a convincing killer, but whether I wanted to do so at all. And if so, for what purpose?

Anatomy of an Antihero

Anatomy of an Antihero

When you read a good story, you want to identify with the hero. Which I think is why we like our heroes to be less than perfect. Flawed. Complicated.

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