A Word With Amy Patricia Meade

Why do you write the genre that you write?I’ve always gravitated toward mysteries. From the time I first started to read, I’d reach for the darker, more mysterious stories on the library shelf. When I’d exhausted those, my mother introduced me to the works of Christie...

A Word With Marni Graff

Why do you write the genre that you write?I write mysteries as those are the books I like to read the most. I enjoy a story that has resolution at the end, where the questions are answered and the story makes sense. I’m a Libra so that sense of justice and...

A Word With Jackie Layton

Why do you write the genre that you write?I write cozy mysteries because I enjoy solving problems. My amateur sleuths solve murder mysteries. They tackle murders without any formal training. They use their wits and they question friends and foes. Another reason I...

A Word With Jess Lourey

Why do you write the genre that you write? While I write across genres, I always come back to crime fiction because I love how very readable it is. It delivers important truths about justice, inequality, humanity, and it does it all with a tight plot. What’s the...

A Word With Josh Pachter

Why do you write the genre that you write? In 1966, when I was fourteen, my ninth-grade English teacher handed me a copy of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and said she thought I might enjoy it. I’d never read any crime fiction before that (except probably...

A Word With Deborah Blake

Why do you write the genre that you write?I write the books I want to read. When I was in the mood for paranormal romance and urban fantasy, that’s what I wrote. When I needed something lighter, I wrote cozy mysteries. It also depends on what story comes to me… What’s...