Moderated by Carmen Amato, Ellie Andrews Pat and Roger Johns explore what makes female crime solvers compelling on the page. They discuss motivation, emotional depth, and how trauma, resilience, and personal history shape women who pursue justice in fiction.
How Profilers Actually Think
Psychological profiling is about patterns, not psychic guesses. Forensic psychologist and author Rick Helms explains how profiling is actually used to understand offenders, connect behaviors, and narrow possibilities. Writers learn how profiling works in practice and...




