I first met Jon McGoran when we were both reading at a Noir at the Bar one snowy night in…
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Category Archives: Review
September Newsletter
When I started writing my September newsletter, I thought I didn’t really have any news to share… and then realized…
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The First Two Pages: River of Secrets by Roger Johns
In April 2015, B.K. Stevens debuted the blog series “The First Two Pages,” hosting craft essays by short story writers…
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I Read/I Wrote
Thanks to Cynthia Kuhn for hosting me as part of her new blog series I Read/I Wrote, where mystery writers…
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WIROB: Back to School, Been in School
My back-to-school column at the Washington Independent Review of Books looks at both my summer reading and my growing to-be-read…
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June Newsletter
My June newsletter just went out! This issue includes what I’ve been writing and publishing, what I’ve been reading, and…
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Washington Independent Review of Books: Reading Late Night, Middle of the Night
I struggle with finding time to read—read for myself, that is, those long sustained immersions in a novel that I…
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The First Two Pages: Last Puffs by Harley Mazuk
In April 2015, B.K. Stevens debuted the blog series “The First Two Pages,” hosting craft essays by short story writers…
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SleuthSayers: “Seriously, You Don’t Think It’s a Masterpiece Too?”
In one of my classes this week, a student commented on the level of detail in Truman Capote’s In Cold…
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Spring Newsletter: Now POST-Birthday Edition!
I sent out my Spring 2018 newsletter on Friday—my birthday!—and now belatedly posting here with news, some mini-reviews, an events…
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