Diane Sismour, Erin Flanagan, Kiersten Modglin, and Shirley B. Garrett dive into the inner mechanics of psychological suspense. They explore how fear, doubt, and unreliable perception can drive tension without relying on action alone. This session examines how to manipulate the reader’s expectations, deepen unease through character psychology, and position psychological suspense effectively in today’s marketplace.
What Courtrooms Can Teach Crime Novelists
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...
