Crime writer

Crime fiction, what is it, anyway? And how can it be spun out of sources as divergent as both retiring old ladies knitting charmingly dumpy cardigans and perversely wrong-headed but wholly sympathetic psychopaths? Regarding the corpus of crime writing, it might seem the only common element in these narratives is that a crime is or has been committed.  Read more

I don't know about other people, but nothing stresses me out like having too much work on my plate and too little time to do it. At any given time, I have papers to grade, classes to prepare for, dissertations to read, documents to review for upcoming meetings, emails to respond to, letters of recommendation to write. The list goes on and on-and every single one of them has a deadline.  Read more

I felt my bag being yanked from my shoulder before I saw that the person attacking me from behind was practically a child. As soon as I realized what was happening-that I was being robbed-I let go of my purse. The kid, who couldn't have been more than twelve or thirteen, and looked as scared as I felt, had full possession of my bag when he kicked me squarely in the knee.  Read more

Seven years ago, Louise Ross swapped her career in financial law for a life of crime (writing). She has eschewed the traditional model of agents and publishers deciding instead to do it all herself, selling more than seven million copies in the process. Howdunnit?

Lynda La Plante is a bestselling crime novelist and an Edgar Allen Poe Award winner. She's known for her series Prime Suspect and its TV adaptation of the same name. The Jane Tennison series is a prequel to the Prime Suspect series, following Tennison at the beginning of her career.  Read more