“A Sleight of Shadows”: Kat Howard dives deeper into stolen magic Fighting dark magic, and trying to survive the battles
“Playing Dead”: Peggy Rothschild on mixing dogs and mysteries Working on more ways to incorporate new dogs in different mysteries
“Night of Demons and Saints”: Menna van Praag on trauma and healing The second in The Sisters Grimm trilogy continues amidst grief, loss and recovery
“The Awoken”: Katelyn Monroe Howes on life and rights after cryogenic resurrection A debut science fiction thriller pits science against the shifts of ethics and perspectives
Mark Greaney and the right hero for “The Armored” Developing the right place and the right character for a new thriller
Sarah Pearse and the ghosts of “The Retreat” Finding and researching remote and haunting places to set a murder mystery
Meg Hafdahl & Kelly Florence: The Science of Agatha Christie Exploring "The Science of" series and what makes them compelling
The 2022 ITW Thriller Awards Winners
David Dalglish and the Appeal of Epic Fantasy And on evolving different writing techniques over the years
“A Deadly Bone to Pick”: Peggy Rothschild on starting over, with dogs Finding the right dogs is just as much work as getting the mystery elements right
“The Paradox Hotel”: Exploring time travel as tech with Rob Hart With time travel, a murder mystery, a corporate takeover, unreliable memories and more
Sue Lynn Tan: Retelling old myths using new stories The legends that inspired the Celestial Kingdom duology
Nick Petrie on “The Runaway” and extended series Finding the connection with the characters we want to care about
“The Witch’s Heart”: Genevieve Gornichec and the lure of fables Expanding on the lore from Viking legends and myths with new stories
