Fall for the Book Events
This year is the 25th anniversary Fall for the Book Festival, held each year at George Mason University and at […]
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Teaching Forum in Clues
My essay “It’s No Mystery: What Genre Fiction Can Teach All Writers” has been included in a teaching forum section
Book Fight!
Thanks to Mike Ingram and Tom McAllister for hosting me on this week’s episode of Book Fight! You can find
The Writer’s Center Magazine—Times Two!
The Winter/Spring issue of The Writer’s Center Magazine is out—and what fun to have been interviewed for two of the
Reading Journal: The Talented Mr. Ripley
Much of my reading is done as a result of a course I’m teaching or a talk I’m giving—but the
Reading Journal: A Murder Is Announced
This week, my “Women of Mystery” class at Mason is meeting Miss Marple for the first time—in a way, just
Reading Journal: Passion Play
As I’ve mentioned something like a thousand times, I’m writing a boarding school mystery—or eternally trying to. (The novel as
Reading Journal: Done? And Next?
I’ll admit that I generally prefer reading a physical copy of a book or magazine or newspaper rather than reading
Reading Journal: Women of Mystery
As the students in my Reviewing course are gaining traction on their own weekly journals, I’m realizing that several of
Reading Journal—for Mason Reviewing Course
This fall’s classes at George Mason University include a course in “Reviewing”—one which I originally taught in Spring 2017, and
Death on the Nile at OLLI
I had a great time talking about Agatha Christie’s novel Death on the Nile (and her short story “Death on
Mason Homecoming: Fiction on the Fly
I’ll be hosting two events this week as part of a programming partnership between George Mason University’s Creative Writing Program