How Real Police Work Becomes Fiction

Mystery & Crime • Research & Forensics • Writing Craft
2025
Featuring Bruce Robert Coffin, Chris Berg, Henry Kaye, James Glass, Steven Aberle, Wendy Gee

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Bruce Robert Coffin, Chris Berg, Henry Kaye, James Glass, Steven Aberle, and Wendy Gee draw on their real world law enforcement experience to talk about writing police procedurals that feel authentic. They discuss crime scenes, investigative process, and the details that bring credibility and realism to stories centered on official police work.

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