Real experience shapes powerful fiction. Addie King, Amy Drescher, Cynthia Drew, Deborah Sharp, and Sheila Stevens share how their backgrounds in law enforcement influence their writing. Through practical insight and memorable stories from the field, this session helps writers understand how real investigative work can add authenticity, depth, and authority to crime fiction.
Inside the Many Faces of Noir
Avram Lavinsky, Gregory Stout, J.L. Hill, J.S. Morrison, Thomas Burns, and Warren Moore dig into what noir really means today. They explore its hardboiled roots, its modern psychological twists, and the moral complexity that gives noir its distinctive voice and...
