I stumble upon artifacts, small information packets from the past and wonder why I’d not seen this, thought of this, or whether everyone...

As a crime fiction writer, anger is an emotion that figures into the emotions of the characters in a narrative where people are...

I am trying to make sense of an impression that Thais are becoming angrier, and with more violent results than a quarter of a century...

Richard Stark a.k.a. Donald Westlake started a series only after his editor convinced him to change the ending of the first novel. In...

Galileo has much to teach us about the nature of fear. He found out the capability for suppression and intimidation that an alternative ...

Fear is one of the basic emotions that springs automatically from a threat. It can be a real threat or a symbolic threat. A lion...

What does an author do when he sees a secondhand copy of his book in a bookstore? I have been thinking about this having recently seen a...

The first reaction to a threat or a possible threat is one of fear or anger. We are emotional by default and once our feeling and...

Everyone author has a muse. Along with painters, composers, dancers, and other performing artists. The muse has a long tradition. The...

What is it about reading a novel that draws us to a story? The standard list would include: the characterization, the voice, the setting,...

International Crime Authors Reality Check is written by a group of professional authors who measure their literary work with an...

For most people deception comes early on.  Around Christmas time millions of children believe that Santa Claus will come to their house...

The murky world of criminal has its fair share of morons. In the noir world, criminals are aggressive, sinister, violent and unstable....

On Friday 30th November we launched Phnom Penh Noir at the FCCC in Phnom Penh before a crowd of about 200 people. I acted as emcee for...

On Friday evening 30th November 2012 there is a book launch at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Cambodia in Phnom Penh. I will be the...

President Obama spent Sunday 18th November in Thailand, Monday 19th November (six hours) in Burma and Monday/Tuesday 19th and 20th in...

The Oxford Dictionary has included a new word in their 2012 edition—omnishambles, which is defined as “a situation that has been ...

I saw the new James Bond movie Skyfall this week. It was as though a Chuck Norris movie and Silence of the Lambs had been remixed with...

I have long avoided reviewing books written by friends. It is hard to be objective when you know the writer. As a general rule, it is a...

It has become a cliché that we are unable to resist telling each other stories. The building blocks of a story are words and images. They...