Following are some articles and interviews written by or about Libby. Subjects range from writing and publishing to religion and what's in her refrigerator. Feel free to contact her with your reactions, thoughts, and opinions.
By Libby
"Ross Thomas/Briar Patch" – Mystery Muses: 100 Classics that Inspire Today's Writers, edited by Jim Huang (Crum Creek Press, 2006)
"24 Turns 5" – CrimeSpree Magazine, Winter, 2006
"No Ordinary Bookclub" – CrimeSpree Magazine, Winter, 2005
"Why I write Jewish" – Mystery Readers Journal, Spring, 2004
"Writing Ugly" – The Mystery Morgue, Breakthrough Promotions, May, 2004
"My Story" – Futures Magazine, December, 2003
"Doing it By the Book" – MyShelf.com, December, 2002
"An Eye For Mysteries" – Mystery Scene, November, 2002
Libby's Posts From The Outfit Blog - Originally posted on The Outfit Collective
April 17, 2008: "Chandler and the Fairer Sex"
April 1, 2008: "Lessons From the Road... or the Adventures of Thelma and Louise"
March 15, 2008: "Chandler, 'One Book, One Chicago' and The Outfit"
February 28, 2008: "Guilty TV Pleasures"
February 13, 2008: "Prufrock and Me"
January 27, 2008: "White Collar Crime Fiction"
January 10, 2008: "Reading is Fundamental"
December 10, 2007: "Explanation or Excuse?"
November 27, 2007: "A Drew Peterson Reality Check"
November 6, 2007: "Gunfights, Interrogations, and More"
October 21, 2007: "Titles, Blackwater, and more"
September 26, 2007: "Violence: To Everything there is a Time?"
September 2, 2007: "A Pox Upon Your Newspeak"
August 17, 2007: "The Lighter Side of Crime"
July 31, 2007: "What is Evil?"
July 15, 2007: "Amy, We Hardly Knew Ye"
June 28, 2007: "Summer in 'Da City"
June 13, 2007: "Endings"
May 28, 2007: "Memorial Day—Chicago Style"
May 10, 2007: "Teachers"
April 23, 2007: "Vonnegut, Propaganda, and Fox"
April 9, 2007: "Not In My Neighborhood"
March 22, 2007: "Chicago Blues"
March 9, 2007: "Queen For A Day"
February 18, 2007: "Reading and Writing"
February 2, 2007: "The Grace Kelly Factor"
January 14, 2007: "24 Turns 6"
December 30, 2006: "Not Such a Vast Wasteland"
December 12, 2006: "Bad Cops, Women, and Chicago"
November 27, 2006: "Giving the Devil His Due"
November 9, 2006: "The 15 Minute Solution"
October 24, 2006: "Vote Early and Often"
October 7, 2006: "The Prodigal Wordsmith: Coming Back to Words"
September 21, 2006: "The Gun Range"
September 5, 2006: "Chicago Blues"
August 20, 2006: "Skype Me at Seven: The Future of Book Signings"
August 3, 2006: "Writers, Gods, and Atheists"
July 18, 2006: "Mayor Daley as Willie Stark?"
About Libby
Read a Q&A with Libby about Easy Innocence - February, 2008
Listen to an audio interview of Libby conducted by Zoë Sharp (16 minutes) – August, 2006
Chicago Writers Association Interview – Summer, 2006
"Sweet Home Chicago" – PW BEA Show Daily, June, 2004
"Interview with Libby Fischer Hellmann" – Mystery One, Summer, 2003
"Sex, Lies, and Book Sales" – PW, April, 2003
"Interview with Libby Hellmann" – Mysterical-E, Autumn, 2002
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