After family, there are two things I absolutely love most in the world: travel, and San Francisco (and cask-strength single-malt whiskey). With this latest trip to New York City for the Thrillerfest conference, my love of travel is on life support. Or, maybe it’s dead and I just can’t admit it. I feel a sort…
Read moreCrime Writers to the Front Lines, Please
Democracy is under attack, but we crime writers seem oddly silent. Sure, we’re tweeting, but at retail scale, does that ever move the needle? Remember when McCarthy & Cohn were trying to undermine democracy? How writers like Arthur Miller refused to name names? How Dashiell Hammett was blacklisted and went to jail rather than name…
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