The PEN Ten with Sarah Weinman
"I’ve said often that crime fiction in particular is an excellent vehicle for social commentary, because so much of what happens in society has some tie, or root,… More
The PEN Ten with Lauren Beukes
"I joke that some people go to see psychologists, but I get my issues out on the page and make it my readers’ problem." More
The PEN Ten with Kelly Braffet
"So many of the awful things I see in the real world seem at their heart to stem from a failure of empathy, from an unwillingness to see those… More
The PEN Ten with Ben H. Winters
"Fiction is built out of the day-to-day stuff of life, words and people and events, but it’s different and it’s meant to be different. So our collective purpose is… More
The PEN Ten with Sebastian Rotella
"I’m obsessed with urban neighborhoods, the ideas of identity and tribe that shape and are shaped by them, the hope, conflict, and heartbreak of the ethnic, racial, and socio-economic… More
The PEN Ten with Megan Abbott
"The big issues of life are explored in crime fiction because so much is laid bare there. They are about loss, guilt, survival—everything that matters." More
The PEN Ten with Laura Lippman
"I am very conscious that the crime novel has taken on a lot of the trappings of the social novel. But it most interests me for its ability to… More