The State of the Mystery: Part 1 of a Roundtable Discussion | CrimeReads

Ahead of the ceremony, we caught up with 20 Edgar nominees, including the nominees for this year's inaugural Sue Grafton Award. We've organized their responses into a roundtable discussion on the state of mystery and crime fiction. Because there were an enormous number of highly entertaining and thoughtful responses from the authors, we split the discussion into two parts (You can read Part 2 here).

In Part I of the roundtable, writers and editors discuss what exactly is a crime novel, the most pressing issues in the genre today, how to build a career as a crime writer, and the best gateway drugs for mystery.