Austin Lugar
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Mystery Muses: 100 Classics That Inspire Today's Mystery Writers
Jim Huang, Austin Lugar
- 2007 Anthony-Critical winner
- 2007 Macavity-Nonfiction winner
- 2006 Agatha–Nonfiction nominee
- Score: 26.57
We asked 100 published writers: “Did a mystery set you on your path to being a writer? Is there a classic mystery that remains important to you today?” This book is the result.
The writers we contacted represent the entire spectrum of the mystery genre, from cozy to hardboiled, from acclaimed veterans to some of the field’s most intriguing newcomers. Young or old, each of these writers reminds us of a basic truism: great writers are great readers first. Their essays reveal the extent to which the discovery of these seminal texts was not just literary inspiration but a life-altering event.
