Kelly Oliver sits down with Clay Stafford to share her path to publication, from early setbacks to lasting success. She offers candid insights into perseverance, craft, and the strategies that helped shape a sustainable and rewarding writing career.
Struggling to Live in a Doomed World: Why Film Noir Still Shapes Crime Stories
This session dives into the dark, fatalistic world of classic film noir from the 1940s and 1950s. It explores the unforgettable men and women who inhabit these stories, the moral ambiguity that defines the genre, and why noir’s themes and characters continue to...




