The First Two Pages

Every Tuesday, a mystery writer explains how he or she faced the challenges of those brutally difficult–and vitally important–first two pages.

Playing the Odds

Art Taylor In his 1842 review of Hawthorne’s Twice-Told Tales, Edgar Allan Poe laid out a hefty challenge for short…

B.K. Stevens At first, the killer seemed so exciting–exactly what I’d always longed for, what I’d often sought but never…

Terrie Moran I am so excited to be with you today to talk about how the first two pages of…

Kaye George I’m a big believer in bringing the reader into the setting as soon as possible. I like to…