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An Interview with Novelist Roy Freirich Imagining the End of Sleep Have you ever worried about being unable to fall asleep? I have, and the worry itself began to keep me awake, in a kind of meta, vicious cycle. But, why? What’s so great about sleep? It’s a question I used to ask, before I…
An Interview with Dean Koontz Killer Nashville sits down with Dean Koontz to discuss his writing process. KN: You have created some of the best bad-guys: Edgler Vess, Junior Kane, Ticktock, and the newest one, Lee Shacket – these are characters that still haunt me. How do you do it? How do you build the…
An Interview with Harriet Tyce Killer Nashville sits down with debut author Harriet Tyce to discuss her new book, Blood Orange. KN: I believe that it is quite an accomplishment for a debut author to be published by Grand Central. You are a very talented writer. Blood Orange is a novel that grabbed me from the prologue…
An Interview with Sara Blaedel Killer Nashville sits down with best-selling author Sara Blaedel to discuss her latest book, THE DROWNED GIRL. KN: Is it more difficult to create a new main character or build upon a character that is well known by your readers? For me, whether introducing a new character or digging into…
An Interview with David Baldacci In this Killer Nashville interview, award-winning author David Baldacci gives us a behind-the-scenes look at how he makes his characters and locations come to life and highlights the differences in writing a stand-alone novel versus a series. How is the plotting different for a stand-alone novel and the first novel…
An Interview with Dana Chamblee Carpenter Dana Chamblee Carpenter is the author of “Book of the Just,” the third novel in The Bohemian Trilogy. Carpenter’s award-winning short fiction has also appeared in The Arkansas Review, Jersey Devil Press, Maypop, and, most recently in the anthologies, “Dead Ends: Stories from the Gothic South,” and “Killer Nashville Noir: Cold…
An Interview with Jeffery Deaver by Clay Stafford Jeffery Deaver is one of the best writers on the planet today, as well as being a longtime supporter of Killer Nashville. Not only is he the author of around forty bestselling books (including a James Bond novel and The Bone Collector [made into a movie starring…
Scotland Yard’s Ian Rutledge goes out for a drive after his sister’s wedding and before he knows it, it is the middle of the night and he is halfway across Britain and staring at a woman with bloody hands over a dead body in the middle of the road. The man has been shot through…
Killer Nashville recently had a chat with author J.A. Konrath regarding his prolific—and eclectic—writing career. A pioneer of the self-publishing model, Konrath has sold over 2 million books worldwide. His latest novel, The List, will be available in trade paperback May 2018. Konrath is a 2018 Killer Nashville Guest of Honor and will be participating…
Sara Blaedel is the author of the #1 international bestselling series featuring Detective Louise Rick. Recently, Ms. Blaedel took a bit of time out of her busy schedule to answer a few questions for Killer Nashville about The Undertaker’s Daughter, the first novel in her new triology. Thanks to Bree Goodchild for conducting this interview.…