The Landscape of Canadian Women's Crime Fiction

Tag: crime-fiction

  • Brokenness and Resilience: The Aestheticization of Violence in Crime Fiction

    Resilience Discourse In several contexts over the past few weeks, references to resilience have irritated me. My re-immersion in trauma theory for a book chapter has me thinking about who is expected to be endlessly resilient, and how this call to demonstrate strength becomes an excuse to ignore pain, abuse, and systemic inequalities. Resilience discourse…

  • International Women’s Day 2026: My Current Top 20 Canadian Women Crime Writers

    Most of my reading this week is about Medusa, for a project. Gratuitous photo, because she is everywhere: My list of 20 current favourite Canadian women crime writers, in no particular order, and their sub-genre/s: Amy Stuart: domestic suspense fiction set in urban and suburban areas, with a strong sense of woman-in-peril Louise Penny: what…

  • Louise Penny’s Bury Your Dead Included on Time’s Top 100 Mystery and Thrillers List

    In their recent issue, also available online, Time Magazine offers top-100 list, put together by some of the biggest names in contemporary crime fiction, alongside several intriguing mystery-themed articles, including Rachel Howzell Hall’s “The Rich, Underappreciated History of Mystery Writers of Color.“ This Time feature issue was brought to my attention by no less than…