A Word With L.C. Blackwell

Why do you write the genre you write?I think it began when I was 5 or 6, playing with those little one-inch animal puzzles that forced me to discover how to dismantle the parts, then make them whole again. I love puzzles. To me, any problem or mystery is a puzzle that...

A Word With Erica Ruth Neubauer

Why do you write the genre that you write? I love mysteries, especially historical ones. This is probably because I was raised on them—my dad and I watched a lot of old movies, detective shows and Masterpiece Mystery while I was growing up. So even if I wasn’t writing...

A Word With Catherine Bruns

Why do you write the genre that you write?I’ve always loved mysteries, and devoured Nancy Drew and Agatha Christie novels as a child. But I didn’t know what a cozy mystery was until 2014, when an agent told me that’s what I had written. So, I guess I...

A Word With Eleanor Cawood Jones

Why do you write the genre that you write?It’s mostly mysteries. I blame my mom being a court reporter and a lot of trips to the library with no rules when I was a kid. Tell us how you got into writing? We got Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine which I fished out of...

A Word With Hank Phillippi Ryan

Why do you write the genre that you write?You see, Dru Ann, your question indicates that there was a decision that was made. Truly truly, you know how much I love mysteries and thrillers, but when I started writing my first novel, none of that was top of mind. I was...

A Word With Paula Munier

Why do you write the genre that you write?I’ve loved crime fiction ever since the Bobbsey Twins, Nancy Drew, Encyclopedia Brown, and Sherlock Holmes. When I was older, I read my mother’s mysteries: Agatha Christie, Rex Stout, Ellery Queen, all the golden age classics....