EPISODE · Mar 26, 2026 · 1H 7M
Crafting Dark, Twisted Stories with Karin Nordin
from Slaying the Craft: Inside the Mind of a Thriller Writer · host Sabrina Thatcher
In this episode, Sabrina Thatcher talks with author Karin Nordin about her upcoming thriller Home Sweet Home, a psychological suspense novel about a woman pulled back into the alien doomsday cult she escaped as a teenager, forcing her to confront trauma, belief, and the blurred line between truth and manipulation. The conversation dives into Karin’s writing process, from character-driven storytelling and multi-POV structure to pacing techniques and genre shifts, while exploring how personal experience, fascination with cult psychology, and the complexity of memory shape both her work and the reader’s experience of it.
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In this episode, Sabrina Thatcher talks with author Karin Nordin about her upcoming thriller Home Sweet Home, a psychological suspense novel about a woman pulled back into the alien doomsday cult she escaped as a teenager, forcing her to confront trauma, belief, and the blurred line between truth and manipulation. The conversation dives into Karin’s writing process, from character-driven storytelling and multi-POV structure to pacing techniques and genre shifts, while exploring how personal experience, fascination with cult psychology, and the complexity of memory shape both her work and the reader’s experience of it.
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