crime fiction Archives - Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/tag/crime-fiction/ Fri, 04 Nov 2016 13:09:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 How I Became A Writer http://booksbywomen.org/how-i-became-a-writer-by-emma-flint/ http://booksbywomen.org/how-i-became-a-writer-by-emma-flint/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2016 04:22:21 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=17037 I became a writer when I was ten years old, the same year that I discovered Agatha Christie – and therefore crime fiction. On Christmas Day 1984, I unwrapped a notebook and a box of pens, and after lunch, while everyone else dozed chipolata-stuffed in front of the TV, I made a nest in the corner […]

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]]> http://booksbywomen.org/music-and-manuscripts-why-i-couldnt-have-written-my-bestseller-without-a-soundtrack-by-holly-seddon/feed/ 0 16618 Time Management For Writers http://booksbywomen.org/time-management-for-writers/ http://booksbywomen.org/time-management-for-writers/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2016 08:37:22 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=16474 It’s  7.07 on a Monday morning. I have just got on a train to Plymouth where I’m going to  be  interviewed (live!) by the BBC. I could be reading the novel that’s in my handbag. Or I could be catching up on my sleep after an early start. But instead my fingers are flying across […]

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]]> http://booksbywomen.org/time-management-for-writers/feed/ 2 16474 5 Crime Fiction Blunders To Avoid http://booksbywomen.org/5-crime-fiction-blunders-to-avoid/ http://booksbywomen.org/5-crime-fiction-blunders-to-avoid/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2016 12:52:20 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=16189 In addition to being an author, I am a big crime fiction, psychological thriller and mystery fan. Though I have always read this genre, I’ve spent the last year absolutely immersing myself in it, reading and reviewing everything I can. In addition, I’ve been discussing the genre with lots of other fans as part of […]

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]]> http://booksbywomen.org/5-crime-fiction-blunders-to-avoid/feed/ 5 16189 Women In Crime Fiction http://booksbywomen.org/women-in-crime-fiction-by-leigh-russel/ http://booksbywomen.org/women-in-crime-fiction-by-leigh-russel/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2016 06:40:58 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=16042 Women in early crime fiction are often placed in the role of helpless ‘damsel in distress’. This is not inevitably the case. Apart from his nemesis Moriarty, the one person who succeeds in outwitting Sherlock Holmes through sheer strength of character and intelligence is a woman, Irene Adler. But she is perceived as outside the […]

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]]> http://booksbywomen.org/women-in-crime-fiction-by-leigh-russel/feed/ 1 16042 Writing Fiction Based on Fact, or ‘How to Make Life Difficult for Yourself’ http://booksbywomen.org/writing-fiction-based-on-fact-or-how-to-make-life-difficult-for-yourself-by-anna-mazzola/ http://booksbywomen.org/writing-fiction-based-on-fact-or-how-to-make-life-difficult-for-yourself-by-anna-mazzola/#comments Sun, 17 Jul 2016 06:41:34 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=16225 In December 1836, a bricklayer found a torso resting in a pool of frozen blood beneath a paving stone on the Edgware Road, London. Over the next few months, the remaining body pieces were found, and in May 1837 two people were tried: James Greenacre was convicted of murdering Hannah Brown; his lover, Sarah Gale, […]

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