Writing a Female Assassin Who Isn’t a Trope: What Isla Vranic Changed About How I See Women in Thrillers
Introduction The female assassin in popular fiction usually arrives as one of two things: a broken woman running from her past, or a cold killing machine with nothing underneath. Both versions exist to be explained. Trauma motivates the first. Emptiness defines the second. Courtney Murchie’s debut novel, Built from the End, offers a third option, […]
