Building Crime Fiction From Real Life

Mystery & Crime • Writing Craft
2016
Featuring Corey Lynn Fayman, David Housewright, J.A. Jance, Karin Schaeffer, Sean Lynch

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Crime fiction often draws inspiration from the real world. In this session, authors discuss how setting, character, and scenario influence one another and how real life experiences and observations shape their stories. The second half of the panel is dedicated to audience questions and discussion.

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