Death row is a world few people ever see up close. Greg Laird draws on more than one hundred visits to Oklahoma’s death row to share what life is really like for inmates, how attorneys interact with their clients, and the human realities behind the justice system. This session offers writers rare insight into the emotional weight, routines, and contradictions that define life at the end of the legal process.
Where Experience Ends and Research Begins
Authors explore the age-old question every writer faces: write what you know or research what you don't. This conversation examines how writers balance personal experience with deep research, when instinct matters most, and how thoughtful preparation can expand both...



