Craftwork S1E6: False Epiphanies, Productivity, & Existential Dread w/ Niall Howell

Listen to Craftwork Episode 6: False Epiphanies, Productivity, & Existential Dread w/ Niall Howell.

In this interview, Niall Howell talks about crime fiction, creative spontaneity, the magic of public swimming pools (soggy donuts!), and so much more.

Niall Howell lives in Calgary, Alberta with his wife, sons, and pets. His debut noir novel Only Pretty Damned was shortlisted for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Literary Fiction. His follow-up novel, There Are Wolves Here Too, was shortlisted by the Book Publisher’s Association of Alberta for Mystery and Thriller book of the year. Niall’s short fiction has been featured in The Feathertale Review and FreeFall. He is currently working on his third novel.

Books mentioned in this episode:

City of Margins; Shoot the Moonlight Out – William Boyle
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel – Jessica Brody
Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler – Raymond Chandler; edited by Frank MacShane
The Guest – Emma Cline
Perfidia; This Storm; Widespread Panic – James Ellroy
Our Share of Night – Mariana Enriquez
The Wars – Timothy Findley
The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Rage in Harlem – Chester Himes
It; Night Shift; Salem’s Lot – Stephen King
Burnt Offerings – Robert Marasco
Moby Dick – Herman Melville
Peyton Place – Grace Metalious
Devil in a Blue Dress – Walter Mosley
Toby Tyler; or, Ten Weeks with a Circus – James Otis
“The Black Cat” – Edgar Allan Poe
The House Next Door – Anne Rivers Siddons
The Secret History – Donna Tartt