Tall Poppy Writers

The Best of Harlequin Special Edition Category Romances

I was about ten years old when I finished reading my way through the children’s and young adult section of my local public library, though admittedly, tiny sections as compared to today, and I crossed over to the adult book section. No librarian stopped me, and I eventually found myself…

Tif MarceloApril 15, 2024

Miscellany Thrillers

Hank Phillippi Ryan on Fixing Fact Through Fiction in “One Wrong Word”

Guess what I heard? But—you have to promise not to tell. Is there any one of us who wouldn't lean closer and listen to the person who asked us that? Especially if the question was whispered, hushed, delivered with a sense of drama? “Guess what I heard?” means there's a…

Hank Phillippi RyanApril 1, 2024

Fiction Miscellany

Author Aimie K. Runyan Shares The Joy of Writing Foodie Fiction

Julia Child famously said, “People who love to eat are the best people” and in my experience, she’s right—and they are terribly fun to write about. In my latest novel, The Memory of Lavender and Sage, the protagonist Tempèsta Luddington is a disaffected food critic who, despite having a great…

Aimie K. RunyanMarch 15, 2024

Fiction Listicles

4 Historical Novels That Burn Down Stereotypes of Lawless Women

For ages we’ve devoured stories about gangsters and cowboys, thieves and pirates, and all manner of scoundrels, but they nearly always feature male protagonists. Suddenly, there’s a rise in novels featuring women on the other side of the law, their trials and adventures, and it made me think about the…

Heather WebbMarch 1, 2024

Listicles

5 Springtime Books that Showcase the Beauty Around Us

Jenni L. WalshApril 27, 2023

Listicles

Six Books That Dive Deep Into the Glitz and Glamour of Old Hollywood

What is it about Hollywood of yore and its black-and-white icons that continues to seduce readers today? There’s something about the past that feels nostalgic, more wholesome. But as we dig deeper, losing ourselves in the pages of a good book that goes behind the scenes in Tinsel Town, the…

Heather WebbMarch 23, 2023

Fiction Listicles

6 Spring Releases for the Serious Reader

While summer beach reads will be delivering lighthearted escapes to shelves soon, these deeper spring reads will satisfy the intellectual yearnings of any true bibliophile.

Julie CantrellMarch 9, 2023

Fiction Listicles

Spring 2023 Novels Centering Brave Women, Veiled Pasts and the Periphery of History

Many readers asked me why I chose to write historical fiction at the events I attended last year. I didn’t have enough time to elaborate, but if I could, I would trace back to my childhood in China, where I first encountered the genre. Growing up there, I perceived the…

Weina Dai RandelJanuary 5, 2023

BooksToScreen Fiction Listicles

5 Novels to Read If You Loved Netflix’s “Dead to Me”

I’m not really one to make New Year’s resolutions about dieting or gym memberships. I would never cheat on my Peloton and I’m getting too old to give up ice cream. (Gluten, yes. Chunky Monkey, no thank you.) So this year, most of my New Year's Resolutions resemble a television…

Amy ImpellizeriJanuary 12, 2023

Listicles Listicles - Featured Thrillers

Why She Won’t Go into the Woods: 7 Sinister and Spooky Stories

Raise your hand if you love to go camping. You will note my hand is down. Besides Girl Scout camp, where I mostly remember bugs and teasing and being unable to sleep because of the stories about the Bloody Hook of the Goat Killer, I really only went camping once.…

Hank Phillippi RyanSeptember 15, 2022

Fiction Listicles Listicles - Featured Romance

Feel-Good Reads to Bring Comfort This Fall

Whew! Let’s say goodbye to the hottest summer on record and pull out those comfy blankets and PJs. Now that the leaves are changing (somewhere!), it’s time to curl up with a cup of cocoa and some cozy Fall reads. As the kids go back to school and the sun…

Julie CantrellAugust 25, 2022

Fiction Listicles Thrillers Thrillers - Featured

A Locked Room Is Not Always a Locked Room

Do you remember when you first read The Speckled Band? The Sherlock short story by Arthur Conan Doyle where a soon-to-be-wed daughter is mysteriously killed in a creepy mansion where no one could possibly have entered her locked room? And then, guess what, ANOTHER soon-to-be-wed daughter has to sleep in…

Hank Phillippi RyanAugust 4, 2022

Thrillers

Tall Poppy Review: Thriller Fans Will Be Legally Fond of “The Murder List”

When I tried to think through the twisty, spiraling plot of Hank Phillippi Ryan’s latest thriller The Murder List (Forge Books), I couldn’t figure it out. As soon as I thought I had the answer and knew what was going on, it would slither away as new facts surfaced. Rachel…

Cathy LambAugust 29, 2019

Thrillers

Tall Poppy Review: “In Her Bones” Twists a Media Craze

In Her Bones (Atria Books) by Kate Moretti picks up absolutely on the media's obsession with serial killers. From Jack the Ripper to Charles Manson, the public devours all the information it can glean about the people among us who are capable of committing these inhuman acts. What caused the…

Aimie K. RunyanAugust 30, 2018

Thrillers

Tall Poppy Review: Morphing Truth and Appearances

Trust Me (Forge Books) by Hank Phillippi Ryan has already garnered so much praise (i.e. Booklist starred review, Book Bub Top Summer Thriller, Popsugar Top Summer Thriller, CrimeReads Most Anticipated Thriller, New York Post Best Thriller of the Summer) that any further accolades seem almost superfluous. But, please indulge me, as I add…

Sandra BlockAugust 23, 2018

Thrillers

Tall Poppy Review: Psycho Dysfunction in “Little Black Lies”

A funny thing happened after I read Little Black Lies (Grand Central Publishing). I met Sandra Block on Twitter soon after reading the book. I remember writing in 140 characters or less: I loved Little Black Lies. You should be a Tall Poppy Writer. I want to be your friend. I’m…

Ann GarvinAugust 9, 2018

Tall Poppy Writers

The Best of Harlequin Special Edition Category Romances

Hank Phillippi Ryan on Fixing Fact Through Fiction in “One Wrong Word”

Author Aimie K. Runyan Shares The Joy of Writing Foodie Fiction

4 Historical Novels That Burn Down Stereotypes of Lawless Women

5 Springtime Books that Showcase the Beauty Around Us

Six Books That Dive Deep Into the Glitz and Glamour of Old Hollywood

6 Spring Releases for the Serious Reader

Spring 2023 Novels Centering Brave Women, Veiled Pasts and the Periphery of History

5 Novels to Read If You Loved Netflix’s “Dead to Me”

Why She Won’t Go into the Woods: 7 Sinister and Spooky Stories

Feel-Good Reads to Bring Comfort This Fall

A Locked Room Is Not Always a Locked Room

Tall Poppy Review: Thriller Fans Will Be Legally Fond of “The Murder List”

Tall Poppy Review: “In Her Bones” Twists a Media Craze

Tall Poppy Review: Morphing Truth and Appearances

Tall Poppy Review: Psycho Dysfunction in “Little Black Lies”

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