Killer Nashville Interview with August Norman 1. This is the second novel that follows heroine Caitlin Bergman. How soon into crafting the first book did you know her story would continue? Even before Caitlin made her debut in Come and Get Me, I’d worked the character into a screenplay and another novel. As an investigative […]
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 […]
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, Lee Shacket – these are characters that still haunt me. How do you do it? How do you build the perfect bad-guy? DK: […]
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 […]
Book of the Day THE GOLDEN TRESSES OF THE DEAD By Alan Bradley Delecorte Press$26.00ISBN 978-0345540027Publication Date: January 22,20189 Buy it here! THE GOLDEN TRESSES OF THE DEAD Review by Liz Gatterer The Golden Tresses of the Dead Flavia De Luce is back and cleaver as always. This is the 10th installment by Alan Bradley […]
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 […]