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Erik D’Souza interviews Madeleine Harris-Callway about her nomination for a crime short story and her writing journey.

Erik D’Souza interviews Madeleine Harris-Callway, discussing her nomination for the story, The Lost Diner (published in Pulp Literature issue 47) in the Best Crime Short Stories category, sponsored by Crime Writers of Canada. Madeleine explains her story about a 62-year-old woman driving cars across the border for a criminal organization, sharing her character's background as a former repo specialist. Madeleine also updates us on her work with Les Madame et Messieurs de Mayhem collective, men...

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Host: Erik D’Souza

Guest: Madeleine Harris-Callway

Topics covered

• crime fiction
• short stories
• author interview
• character background
• writing process

Keywords

• crime short story
• interview
• Madeleine Harris-Callway
• The Lost Diner
• Pulp Literature
• Crime Writers of Canada

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pulp Literature, Les Madame et Messieurs de Mayhem

Books & works: The Lost Diner

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