Years ago, Elmore Leonard, one of the all-time originals in crime fiction, published his ten rules of writing in the New York Times. They were both fun and instructive, the best of all being the last (“Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.") The abridged versions follow; the full versions were [...]
Reviewing the Evidence: Describe yourself in a sentence? Howard Shrier: A storyteller and professional writer since the age of 21, breaking out on the crime scene with his Jonah Geller novels, while raising two sons with the only woman who could have made it happen. RTE: What’s the one record you’d take to a desert island? [...]
Howard Shrier is a two-time winner of the Arthur Ellis Award, Canada’s highest prize for crime fiction. The author of the acclaimed Jonah Geller series and other works, he publishes new stories and helps emerging authors finish their books, all on this site.
