Literary News Archives

Golden Derringer Award

It was a great surprise and great honor to hear that I’ve won this year’s Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden […]

I’ve been following the Edgar Awards tonight, and I was so thrilled to see that Anna Stolley Persky, an MFA

The inaugural Derringer Award for Best Anthology was awarded this week to Murder, Neat: A SleuthSayers anthology, edited by Michael

Art Taylor / April 30, 2025

Thanks to Matty Dalrymple for hosting me on the latest episode of The Indy Author Podcast—with a focus on “Writing

Art Taylor / April 23, 2025

So thrilled that my story “Dark Thread, Loose Strands” from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine has been selected by Don Winslow

Art Taylor / March 30, 2025

Thanks to Rabia Chaudry for choosing my story “Better Days” for this week’s episode of The Mystery Hour with Alfred

Art Taylor / March 29, 2025

The Crimes Writers for Trans Rights 2025 Auction is underway already—continuing through April 1—and I’m pleased to have offered a

Art Taylor / March 13, 2025

The Malice Domestic conference schedule has been published here—and I’m pleased to be part of three events, including stepping up

Art Taylor / March 8, 2025

As I write this, we’re less than two weeks from the Manuscript to Marketplace Conference at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown,

Art Taylor / February 18, 2025

So thrilled that Murder, Neat: A SleuthSayers Anthology has been named a finalist for the inaugural Derringer Award for Best

Art Taylor / February 16, 2025

I’m pleased to be one of the keynote speakers for the upcoming conference “Manuscript to Marketplace,” Friday and Saturday, March

Art Taylor / January 3, 2025

Inspired by some other short story writers on social media, I snapped a picture of my 2024 publications—and have to