The author on how the Dublin town drives the plot in her latest book, The Night I Killed Him; and how she got over a spell of ‘feeling invisible’ through writing

The author on why he no longer writes police procedurals, his distrust of the North’s hierarchy of victimhood, and his compulsion to write

The London-Irish writer on her latest novel, Murder at Gull’s Nest; being diagnosed autistic in her late 40s; and how she writes ‘with an Irish accent’

Her debut thriller changed her life. Her latest takes place on a Scottish island and takes in themes of art, loneliness and a desire to get away

The American mystery writer explains how he came up a publishing sensation, and how studying in Galway helped

The crime novelist on the 21st book in his Charlie Parker series, why he enjoys being on stage but not mixing with other writers, and his irritation at the claim that he ‘knocks books out’

Spain is well known for her best-selling books, but the Dublin novelist and screenwriter has fought for everything she has achieved

Dublin-born creator of detective sergeant Maeve Kerrigan has learned to overcome shyness for her public-facing role as a bestselling author - but she is always happiest immersed in the world of her fiction

Former state pathologist acknowledges that to do the stressful job: ‘You have to have a certain personality, a very odd personality’

The author may joke about the ‘literary’ label attached to her work, but her high-concept crime thrillers are deadly serious

Are sub-genres helpful labels or just marketing tools for publishers? We asked writers for their views

Fiona Gartland on a flower that has inspired theft, murder and her third novel

Radek Zemlikca in Balbriggan, Ruth Gunning in Dublin and the Crows in Connemara

Tadhg Peelo works by hand with cherry, hazel, apple, sycamore, ash, beech and birch

In House: Rugs from Wexford, textile art from Dublin and glass from Kilkenny