“I just kept on telling myself, ‘All you need to worry about right now is what’s happening in this scene.’ Then I’d go forward page by page, sentence by sentence.” Angie Kim talks with Polly Atwell about her debut novel, Miracle Creek, as part of our Women Crime Writers series.
“If you can find that sweet spot between what the market is favoring but also what calls to you as an artist, you can’t top that combination”: Jessica Knoll talks with Polly Atwell about writing, success, suspense, and more in the latest installment of Atwell’s new interview series with women crime writers.
“I feel like genre is one of those terms that is becoming less clear and even less relevant all the time”: Janelle Brown talks with Polly Atwell about her new novel as part of a new interview series with women crime writers.
In her inaugural interview with women crime writers, Contributing Editor Polly Atwell talks with Amy Gentry about women’s truths, the influence of Henry James, likeability, and her new novel.
“That’s how the work gets done. No shortcuts, no strategies to make the process easier than it ever can or will be”: Jack Driscoll chats with Mary Stewart Atwell about his latest collection, The Goat Fish and The Lover’s Knot.
Polly Atwell talks with Andrew Porter about how crafting stories is like editing film, what particular advantages peripheral narrators can afford, and why it’s “completely surreal” to hear actors read from your work.
