Just the Facts: When Reporters Become the Detective

Mystery & Crime • Writing Craft
2014
Featuring Ellen Crosby, Hank Phillippi Ryan, LynDee Walker, R.G. Belsky, Susan Union

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Ellen Crosby, Hank Phillippi Ryan, LynDee Walker, R.G. Belsky, and Susan Union draw on their newsroom experience to talk about writing journalists as crime solvers. They discuss investigative instincts, ethical dilemmas, and how truth seeking and deadlines create natural tension in mystery fiction.

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