Lawyers turned crime writers discuss how real courtroom experience shapes their fiction. This session explores what drew them from practicing law to storytelling, how legal procedure and criminal psychology inform their plots, and what writers get right and wrong about courtrooms on the page.
What Amazon Reviews Really Mean
Colin Cotterill, Bill Crider, Elaine Viets, Linwood Barclay, and Lisa Lutz share their most memorable and often humorous Amazon reviews. They talk about handling criticism, keeping perspective, and finding balance when reader feedback is both glowing and brutal.




