A Word With Teresa Inge

Why do you write in the genre that you write?I grew up reading Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys’ mysteries and watched Alfred Hitchcock and detective shows. What’s the quirkiest quirk one of your characters has?In most of my stories, the protagonist drives a classic car like...

A Word With Leslie Karst

Why do you write the genre that you write?I first started reading Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers as a teenager, and they whetted my appetite for smart-yet-not-gory mystery novels where the character development is as important as the puzzle. Then, years later,...

A Word With Sydney Leigh

Why do you write the genre that you write?The first thing that attracted me to cozy mysteries was the punny titles. It didn’t take long before I was drawn in by the tight-knit communities and the whodunnit element. As a hardcore Murder, She Wrote fan, anything that...

A Word With Mally Becker

Why do you write the genre that you write?Crime fiction asks questions about justice, good and evil, and love and redemption in stories that entertain and challenge us. I’ve been hooked ever since middle school when I first dipped into my mom’s collection of Josephine...

A Word With Jane Kelly

Why do you write the genre that you write?Crime fiction was the genre that I liked to read – any sub-genre but I especially enjoyed traditional mysteries. What’s the quirkiest quirk one of your characters has?So many of them have quirky personalities that is...

A Word With Karen Cantwell

Why do you write the genre that you write?As a reader, I was always drawn to mysteries from an early age. The Bobbsey Twins, The Happy Hollanders, Harriet the Spy. As an adult and a writer, I was drawn toward writing mysteries because I enjoyed the challenge of...