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Teaching Forum in Clues
My essay "It's No Mystery: What Genre Fiction Can Teach All Writers" has been included…
The First Two Pages: “The Forlorn Penguin” by Daniel Stashower
In April 2015, B.K. Stevens debuted the blog series “The First Two Pages,” hosting craft…
The First Two Pages: “Chin Yong-Yun Goes to Church” by S.J. Rozan
In April 2015, B.K. Stevens debuted the blog series “The First Two Pages,” hosting craft…
"The Invisible Band" from EDGAR & SHAMUS GO GOLDEN is a finalist for the Agatha Award!
About Art Taylor
Art Taylor is the Edgar Award-winning author of two short story collections—The Adventure of the Castle Thief and Other Expeditions and Indiscretions (forthcoming) and The Boy Detective & The Summer of ’74 and Other Tales of Suspense—and of the novel in stories On the Road with Del & Louise, winner of the Agatha Award for Best First Novel. He won the 2019 Edgar Award for Best Short Story for "English 398: Fiction Workshop," originally published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, and he has won three additional Agatha Awards, an Anthony Award, four Macavity Awards, and four Derringer Awards for his short fiction. His work has also appeared in Best American Mystery Stories, and he edited Murder Under the Oaks: Bouchercon Anthology 2015, winner of the Anthony Award for Best Anthology or Collection, and California Schemin': Bouchercon Anthology 2020. He is an associate professor of English at George Mason University, and he has contributed frequently to the Washington Post, the Washington Independent Review of Books, and Mystery Scene Magazine.