Tag Archives: Crime Fiction Academy

Summer Workshop at CFA

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Jonathan

Dear Friends, I will be teaching a 4-day intensive short story crime fiction workshop July 13-16 at the Center For Fiction. My intention is to bring students from story inception all the way to a polished ready-for-submission piece of work. If you know anyone who Read more…

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Crime Fiction Academy Kicks-off with Karin Slaughter

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Jonathan

Enjoy a glass of wine while you meet & hear Karin Slaughter talking about her craft, her new novel “Unseen” and the things that have made her one of the most successful thriller writers today. CRIME FICTION ACADEMY kicks off with bestselling author KARIN SLAUGHTER Read more…

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Why Crime Fiction Academy Matters

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Jonathan

About a year and a half ago Noreen Tomassi, the Director of Manhattan’s Center For Fiction, came to me with the idea of creating a place for crime fiction. A place where unpublished writers could come to finish the crime novel they’d started but stalled, Read more…

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Val McDermid Interviewed by Jonathan Santlofer at the Center for Fiction

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Jonathan

The Scottish writer, Val McDermid is a dream interview, fast, funny, and filled with great stories. Frankly, I could listen to her beautiful lilting accent for hours and her advice about writing is just as beautiful. Like all of the terrific writers who come to Read more…

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Brooklyn Book Festival – Criminal Intent

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Jonathan

Johnny Temple, publisher of Akashic Books and who runs the Brooklyn Book Festival,  asked me to put together a panel of crime fiction writers. I thought this diverse group would be fun and they were: Lawrence Block (multi-award winning writer of “A Walk Among the Read more…

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Me and Lawrence Block on Leonard Lopate Show on WNYC

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Jonathan

Lawrence Block and I were interviewed on the Leonard Lopate show about writing crime fiction. “Jonathan Santlofer, Director at the Crime Fiction Academy, and Lawrence Block, author and Crime Fiction Academy Master Class Instructor, talk about the academy, a program at the Center for Fiction Read more…

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Writing at the Dark End – Reading Party Event – The New Yorker

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Jonathan

by Macy Halford It was criminal how sexy it was. Writers of different genres intermingling, their poisons of choice (Pinot Grigio, Pinot Noir) placid in Dixie cups. Bright lights, marble busts of dead authors, buttercream-yellow walls and crown molding, an overwhelming air of camaraderie. This Read more…

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