Inside the High Stakes World of Medical Thrillers

Research & Forensics • Thriller & Suspense
2017
Featuring Claire Applewhite, Doug Woodward, Judith Lucci, Linda Petrilli Duncan, Paula Gail Benson

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Claire Applewhite, Doug Woodward, Judith Lucci, Linda Petrilli Duncan, and Paula Gail Benson draw on their medical and legal backgrounds to reveal how medical thrillers really work. They discuss blending accurate detail with fast pacing and high stakes, showing how to turn complex medicine into gripping fiction readers cannot put down.

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