Crime Fiction Studies is an innovative journal that provides a much-needed, academically strong publication within the area of Crime Fiction that is both focused, interdisciplinary and international. It draws scholars together through a series of themed and general issues which explore the status of the genre today, its history, social and cultural influences and current popularity.
Crime Fiction Studies (CFS) provides a forum for the dissemination of contemporary high-quality scholarly works within the crime fiction genre and associated academic areas, along with evaluative reviews of recent academic publications within the broad, multidisciplinary and multi-media field of crime fiction studies. The journal also includes an online website (with a blog) and a social media presence that is already established and growing.
CFS is unique insofar as there are currently no comparable journals in the UK. As interest grows in crime fiction as an academic subject area, it has become imperative that an academic journal should be established. CFS fills this gap and is an invaluable resource for those both interested in writing on, and reading about, crime fiction. The journal has a broad scope, ranging from contemporary crime fiction back to the beginnings of the genre, while at all times relating central social, cultural and historical themes to the preoccupations of today’s world.
CFS is co-edited by Professor Fiona Peters, Dr. Stewart King, and Dr. Kerstin-Anja Münderlein. Emily Farmer and Oliver Eccles also work as assistant editors for the journal.
For more information, please visit the Edinburgh University Press website.
The next general issue of Crime Fiction Studies is open for submissions. If you are interested in submitting an abstract or completed manuscript (or just an inquiry at this stage) please contact the Editorial Team.
Issues
Volume 1: Issue 1: Crime Fiction Today (2020)
Volume 1: Issue 2: Crime Fiction and the Past: Memory, History, Nostalgia (2020)
Volume 2: Issue 1 (2021)
Volume 2: Issue 2 (2021)
Volume 3: Issue 1 (2022)
Volume 3: Issue 2: American True Crime in the Twenty-First Century Re-Examined: Critical Interventions in a National Obsession (2022)
Volume 4: Issue 1: Cornell Woolrich and Transmedia Noir (2023)
Volume 4: Issue 2 (2023)
Volume 5: Issue 1: Gender in Crime (2024)
Volume 5: Issue 2 (2024)
Volume 6: Issue 1: Crime Fiction and Indigeneity (2025)
Searchable index of Crime Fiction Studies
Call for Reviewers
The editorial and book review teams of Crime Fiction Studies are looking for interest in colleagues who would like to act as peer reviewers and/or book reviewers. These roles are rewarding and also help to keep abreast of the latest publications in our broad subject area. If you would like to peer review for us or become part of the book review team please contact the Editorial Team.
