Writing Archives - Art Taylor

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 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 / April 20, 2025

This week is the annual Malice Domestic conference—one of our favorite events of the year, definitely a don’t miss on

Art Taylor / April 5, 2025

On the eve of this year’s Malice Domestic, I’ll be joining seven other local mystery writers for a Not-Just-Noir at

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 9, 2025

No, Del and Louise aren’t in space, but they have returned to a new space—with the story “Rearview Mirror” getting

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 / March 5, 2025

Thanks to Caroline Crampton and production assistant Leandra for including my essay “The Short Mystery” from How to Write a