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Writing Gritty Urban Crime Settings

Presented by: Andrew Case | Eric Beetner | J.D. Knight | Josh Stallings | Patricia Smiley
Categories: Crime | Setting | Worldbuilding

Urban settings can add intensity, realism, and atmosphere to crime fiction. In this session, authors with firsthand experience living in major cities discuss how to portray urban environments authentically, capturing the harshness, complexity, and energy that make city based crime stories so compelling.

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