This panel discusses using the five senses to describe their characters, creating character “cheat sheets” or files, and basing characters on real people.
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True crime writer discusses how to choose a subject, researching the scene, the ethics of true crime writing, and how to treat real stories with care during the publishing process.
Mystery authors talk about why murder is so appealing in fiction, strong women in historical mystery fiction, and how death benefits the story, character relations, and ourselves.
Clay Stafford interviews Walter Mosley about the importance of a foundation in poetry and how he came to be an author of Crime Fiction.