About

Margaret Cannon, The Globe and Mail crime fiction reviewer, and Otto Penzler, publisher and proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop (New York City), share their unfiltered opinions on tropes in crime writing – including who they think does it best! They’ll touch on the best and the worst of trends in the genre, revealing which tropes never go out of style, and which tropes should not be seen again.

Moderator: Jonathan Whitelaw

Otto Penzler

Otto Penzler, proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City, founded The Mysterious Press in 1975, which publishes literary crime fiction, Penzler Publishers in 2018, which includes Scarlet, Crime Ink and American Mystery Classics, e-books through MysteriousPress.com. Penzler has won two Edgar Awards, MWA’s Ellery Queen Award and the Raven.

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Jonathan Whitelaw

Jonathan Whitelaw is a writer, award-winning journalist and broadcaster. After working on the frontline of Scottish politics, he moved into journalism, covering everything from sports to music to radioactive waste – and everything in between.

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