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Victoria Did, Indeed, Have a Secret

Victoria Did, Indeed, Have a Secret

The Time Traveler’s Guide to 1851: Women’s Undies Edition If you swoon for a good period drama full of 19th century dresses, from Bridgerton to The Gilded Age, you may...

Victoria Did, Indeed, Have a Secret

The Time Traveler’s Guide to 1851: Women’s Undies Edition If you swoon for a good period drama full of 19th century dresses, from Bridgerton to The Gilded Age, you may...

With What Eyes Do We See the Soul?

With What Eyes Do We See the Soul?

Once I’d finally accepted that the only way to get Rulloff out of my head was to write a novel about him, I assumed the best way forward was the direct...

With What Eyes Do We See the Soul?

Once I’d finally accepted that the only way to get Rulloff out of my head was to write a novel about him, I assumed the best way forward was the direct...

Getting to Truth, Through Fiction

Getting to Truth, Through Fiction

Once a seed like your great-great-grand-uncle murdered a bunch of people gets planted, no matter how much you want to ignore it, you're powerless against the enormity of the questions...

Getting to Truth, Through Fiction

Once a seed like your great-great-grand-uncle murdered a bunch of people gets planted, no matter how much you want to ignore it, you're powerless against the enormity of the questions...

It Takes a Villain to Make a Writer

It Takes a Villain to Make a Writer

I didn’t start out to write a book about a serial killer—never consciously chose the darkest corners of the soul as a neat place to spend years of my life....

It Takes a Villain to Make a Writer

I didn’t start out to write a book about a serial killer—never consciously chose the darkest corners of the soul as a neat place to spend years of my life....

2021—Here We Come

2021—Here We Come

You don’t need reminding that 2020 brought a heap of surprises. For the crew of Pristine, the year meant a series of unexpected pivots. We didn’t cross an ocean or...

2021—Here We Come

You don’t need reminding that 2020 brought a heap of surprises. For the crew of Pristine, the year meant a series of unexpected pivots. We didn’t cross an ocean or...

Sometimes the Real Adventure is Getting Home

Sometimes the Real Adventure is Getting Home

Just ask Ernest Shackleton. True, our Baja Bash didn’t involve icebergs or Southern Ocean storms, but the name of his ship could have been the theme for our more recent...

Sometimes the Real Adventure is Getting Home

Just ask Ernest Shackleton. True, our Baja Bash didn’t involve icebergs or Southern Ocean storms, but the name of his ship could have been the theme for our more recent...

The Prisoner's Apprentice

Clever boy. Genius killer. True story.