Resources for Crime Writing
"The More You Reason, The Less You Create." ~ Raymond Chandler
Reference and Research
Autopsy
Screenwriter's Guide
By Ed Uthman, MD.
How to Write a Mystery
Crime and mystery writing books.
Crime and Clues
The Art and Science of Criminal Investigation.
Forensic
Entomology
Use of insect knowledge in the investigation of crimes
Internet
Resources for Crime Writing
From WritersWrite.com.
Latent Print Examination
Fingerprint, palmprint and footprint investigation.
Forensic
Science Resources
Crime scene investigation links.
Making
Crime Pay
Writer's Guide to Criminal Law, Evidence, and Procedure.
Mystery Writing
Mark
Billingham
Links to useful sites.
Classic
Mystery & Detection
Reading lists and essays on great mysteries, mainly of the pre 1960
era.
Crime Time Online
UK crime & mystery writing magazine featuring resources for writers.
Murderati
Mysteries, Murder and Marketing.
The
Mystery Defined
By Greg Fallis of the Gotham Writers' Workshops and Online Classes.
Mystery Net
Developer and producer of short-form and interactive mysteries.
Red
Inkworks
Mystery writers resources.
Thrilling
Detective
Literature and writing links.
Writing-World.com
Mystery writing resources.
Organized Crime
Gang Land News
From Jerry Capeci, America's foremost expert on the Mafia.
Organized
Crime Registry
Articles, links and news.
Groups and Associations
American Crimewriters
League
Formed in the late 1980s by a group of writers who wanted a private
forum for exchanging ideas, complaining about almost everything, and trying
to understand this decidedly wacky business.
ClueLass.com
Links to Writer's organizations.
Crime Writers Association
of Great Britain
Based in the UK but with members in America, Europe and even further
afield.
Crime Writers
of Canada
National organization for Canadian crime writers, associated professionals,
and anyone else with a serious interest in Canadian crime writing.
Crime
Writers Queensland
Crime writing resource links.
Eurocrime
Site focusing purely on British and other European crime fiction writers.
Gaslight
Gaslight is an Internet discussion list which reviews one story a week
from the genres of mystery, adventure and The Weird, written between 1800
and 1919.
MysteryNet.com
Mystery organizations.
Mystery Writers
of America
Organization for mystery writers and other professionals in the
mystery field.
Private
Eye Writers of America
Organization devoted to private eye fiction.
Sisters in
Crime
International organization of writers, readers, booksellers, librarians,
agents, editors, reviewers and teachers interested in promoting the work
of women mystery writers.
Stephen
King
Meet the Master Storyteller.
Writing
Groups
Mystery writing groups from Yahoo! Groups.
True Crime
Crimeculture.com
Introduction to the True Crime Press.
Crime Library
True crimes site focusing on serial killers.
The Smoking Gun
Crime site using material obtained from government and law enforcement
sources.
From Amazon.com.
True Crime Ink
Resources for writers.
Law Enforcement
CopNet.org
Offers a free on-line newsletter featuring articles and columns on law
enforcement subjects and issues.
Cops
'n Writers
Writers resource links.
Cops Online
Resource center for information, articles, video clips, etc.
Crime Spider
Searches for the best law enforcement sites, then categorizes topics
so you don't have to sort through hundreds of sites.
Criminal
Justice Resources
From the Florida State University School of Criminology
& Criminal Justice.
DEA Official
Site
Drug enforcement administration.
FBI Official Site
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Homicide:
Life on the Street
Cult Favorite Cop Show.
Internet
Public Library
Law enforcement resources.
Life on the
Beat
Here is your chance for a virtual ride along with a police officer.
Officer.com
The world's most popular law enforcement web site.
Police
Slang and Codes
Extracted from the Brooklyn South FAQ.
Police Writers
Association
Provides knowledge, resources and networking.
RCMP Official
Site
Royal Canadian Mounted Police information site.
United Nations Crime
and Justice
Information about criminal justice systems around the world.
Unloved Crimes
Virtual fictional unsolved homicide site.
Thrillers
Hackman
Adams Thriller Links
Information on the thriller genre can be difficult to find because people
often mix it in with mystery, or confuse the two. These links below have
information on the thriller genre, especially for authors.
International
Thriller Writers
First professional organization for thriller writers.
The
Thriller
Combines the criminality and surprise of the detective form with
the danger and pressure of horror.
