Articles from Megan Abbott

Read Megan's article on crime fiction's complicated new heroines in the Los Angeles Times Magazine

Read "See You in the Darkness," Megan's essay on the Mulholland Books blog

Read Megan's essay on Los Angeles noir and interview with actress Carla Gugino in the Los Angeles Times Magazine

Read Megan's interview with Robert Crais in the LA Times Magazine

Read Megan Abbott and Sara Gran's article "Dark Family: V.C. Andrews and the Secret Life of Girls" in The Believer.

Read Megan's take on the classic movie, Clash By Night and Private Hell 36 on Noir of the Week

Watch the DVD release of noir classic Road House with Ida Lupino and Richard Widmark. The special DVD package includes interviews with Megan Abbott, Eddie Muller, Foster Hirsch and more.

Listen to Megan Abbott join Shannon Clute and Richard Edwards in discussing the film noir classic In a Lonely Place on a special final episode of the esteemed Out of the Past podcast series.

Crime Fiction Online

Crime Fiction/Film Resources on the Web

• Crimespree
  
• Crime of It All — great site with excellent author interviews and more
  
• Killer Books — books recommended by Independent Mystery Booksellers Association members
  
• Hard Case Crime — Reprinting lost pulp classics and publishing new novels in the pulp tradition, all with glorious covers
  
• Mystery Scene
  
• Film Noir Foundation/Noir City Film Festival —a non-profit focused on the cultural, historical, and artistic significance of film noir and on preserving films in danger of being lost forever.
  
• Noir Originals—Noir Zine, New Writers and more, overseen by superb noir novelist Allan Guthrie
  
• Noir of the Week—Reviews and commentary written by noir fans. Also, visit on Facebook.
  
• 1947 Project—Crime reporting from 1947 Los Angeles, the year of the infamous Black Dahlia murder
  
• On Bunker Hill—If you're interested in 1940s LA, stop here.
  
• Hardboiled and Noir at Miskatonic University Press—includes active listserv and hardboiled slang dictionary, among other resources
  
• Thrilling Detective—all things private eye from the early days to the present, as well as new fiction
  
• Mystery*File—Crime Fiction Research Journal
  
• Crimespot—A one-stop portal to some of the best mystery-writing blogs, updated four times daily
  
• Noircast—Brilliant hardboiled and noir podcasts