Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Linda Mannheim writes about Above Sugar Hill from Influx Press. + In 1995, I became obsessed with an unsolved murder case. Bruce Bailey had gone missing in 1989. A newspaper article…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, George McCormick writes about Inland Empire from Queen’s Ferry Press. + When I think about the research I did while writing my short novel Inland Empire the first thing that strikes…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Anthony Trevelyan writes about The Weightless World from Galley Beggar Press. + The rooftop bar of the Godwin Hotel in Colaba offers a remarkable view of Mumbai’s skyline. One side shows…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Dennis Mahoney writes about Bell Weather from Henry Holt & Co. + Researching an Imaginary World Bell Weather was my first foray into worldbuilding. Put simply, I made everything up as…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Nick Ripatrazone writes about Ember Days from Braddock Avenue Books. + “Ember Days,” the titular novella of my new collection of stories, began as a five-page story set in the shadow…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Tawnysha Greene writes about A House Made of Stars from Burlesque Press. + The final assignment for one of my first graduate classes in fiction writing was to write a secret…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Ben Tanzer writes about The New York Stories from CCLaP Publishing. In September 2020, a new edition was published by Tortoise Books with the title Upstate. + How do you approach…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Gavin Corbett writes about Green Glowing Skull from 4th Estate. + Research for my new novel, Green Glowing Skull, began while I was living in New York City. I knew little…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Stephen Policoff writes about Come Away from Dzanc Books. + Views of Anna, At Twenty 1. Anna doesn’t talk much anymore, so it’s hard to know what she makes of turning…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Kirsty Logan writes about The Gracekeepers from Crown Publishing. + The Gracekeepers is a story about love, home, belonging, duty, death, secrets, the sea and circuses. I did a lot of…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Myfanwy Collins writes about The Book of Laney from Engine Books. + The Inciting Incident: When Laney Was Born I am up in the early morning obsessing over real estate listings.…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Shya Scanlon writes about The Guild of Saint Cooper from Dzanc Books. + The way a book forms for me is a process of gradual accretion of distinct ideas or interests…