Outliers Writing University Podcast Series

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: PSYCH TALK: Stretch Yourself As A Writer with Dr. Katherine Ramsland

Join DP Lyle for an informative chat with author and forensic psychologist Dr. Katherine Ramsland as she discusses ways to energize and improve your writing.
Finding a unique application for your writing can infuse energy and offer new skills. I got a gig as a travel writer, with a column, "Haunted Crime Scenes." It drew on prior books and set up a crime fiction series.
Dr. Katherine Ramsland teaches forensic psychology and behavioral criminology in the graduate program at DeSales University. She has appeared as an expert on more than 250 crime documentaries and was an executive producer on Murder House Flip and A&E’s Confession of a Serial killer: BTK. The author of more than 1,800 articles and 73 books, including Confession of a Serial Killer, The Serial Killer’s Apprentice and How to Catch a Killer, she pens a regular blog for Psychology Today. She has also written a fiction series based on a female forensic psychologist who consults on death investigations. Dead-Handed is her most recent book.
https://www.katherineramsland.net/author
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GET TO KNOW: Best-selling Author Dean Koontz

Join Outliers GET TO KNOW hosts DP Lyle and John Raab for a conversation with Best-selling Author Dean Koontz on the Outlier's YouTube Channel and Podcast Series.
Dean Koontz is one of the most prolific authors in history and is the master of Suspense, Horror, and Sci-Fi. He has sold over 100 million books in 38 languages.
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CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: Episode 75: A Writers Guide to Prison Life with James L’Etoile

Join DP Lyle for an informative chat with James L’Etoile, an Outlier instructor, best-selling author, and former Associate Warden, Hostage Negotiator, and Director of California’s State Parole System. Learn what really goes inside prison walls.
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James L’Etoile uses his twenty-nine years behind bars as an influence in his award-winning novels, short stories, and screenplays. He is a former associate warden in a maximum-security prison, a hostage negotiator, and director of California’s state parole system. His novels have been shortlisted or awarded the Lefty, Anthony, Silver Falchion, Macavity, and the Public Safety Writers Award. River of Lies and Sins of the Father are his most recent novels. Look for Illusion of Truth coming in 2026. James also serves as the Executive Vice President of Mystery Writers of America. You can find out more at www.jamesletoile.com

GET TO KNOW: Outlier and Best-selling Author Michael Grumley

Join Outliers GET TO KNOW hosts DP Lyle and Kathleen Antrim for a conversation with Best-selling Author Michael Grumleyon the Outlier's YouTube Channel and Podcast Series.
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For years, Michael Grumley dreamed of writing thrillers the way he thought they should be written; unique and complex stories with plots that 'move'. Enter BREAKTHROUGH, AMID THE SHADOWS, and THE LAST MONUMENT: all deeply human stories with endings you will never see coming.
 
Michael C. Grumley lives in Northern California with his two young daughters. He's an avid reader, runner and most of all father. He dotes on his girls every chance he gets. His website is http://www.michaelgrumley.com and his email address michael@michaelgrumley.com. He loves hearing from readers.

GET TO KNOW: Best-selling Author James L’Etoile

Join Outliers GET TO KNOW hosts DP Lyle and Kathleen Antrim for a conversation with Best-selling Author James L’Etoile on the Outlier's YouTube Channel and Podcast Series.
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James L’Etoile uses his twenty-nine years behind bars as an influence in his award-winning novels, short stories, and screenplays. He is a former associate warden in a maximum-security prison, a hostage negotiator, and director of California’s state parole system. His novels have been shortlisted or awarded the Lefty, Anthony, Silver Falchion, Macavity, and the Public Safety Writers Award. River of Lies and Sins of the Father are his most recent novels. Look for Illusion of Truth coming in 2026. James also serves as the Executive Vice President of Mystery Writers of America. You can find out more at www.jamesletoile.com

GET TO KNOW: Author Daniella Bernett

Join Outliers GET TO KNOW hosts DP Lyle and Kathleen Antrim for a conversation with author Daniella Bernett on the Outlier's YouTube Channel and Podcast Series.
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Daniella Bernett is a member of the International Thriller Writers and the Mystery Writers of America, where she is a board member of the New York Chapter. She also is a member of the Crime Writers Association. She graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in Journalism from St. John’s University. She is the author of the Emmeline Kirby-Gregory Longdon mystery series featuring a journalist and a jewel thief, who are a magnet for murder, intrigue and espionage. Daniella has served as a panelist at ITW’s ThrillerFest conference and for MWA. Additionally, she is the author of two poetry collections, Timeless Allure and Silken Reflections. Daniella is currently working on Emmeline and Gregory’s next adventure. Visit www.daniellabernett.com 

GET TO KNOW Best-selling Author T. Jefferson Parker

Join Kathleen Antrim and DP Lyle for a conversation with best-selling author T. Jefferson Parker on the Outlier's YouTube Channel and Podcast Series.
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T. Jefferson Parker is the author of 30 novels, including Silent Joe and California Girl, both of which won the Edgar Award for best mystery.  His new novel, WILD INSTINCT, is now out from Minotaur.  When not writing, Jeff likes to walk his dog, catch fish in Baja, hike in San Diego and settle in for the evening with a good book or a Padres game.
www.tjeffersonparker.com/

GET TO KNOW Author Lisa Malice

Join Outliers GET TO KNOW hosts DP Lyle and Kathleen Antrim for a conversation with author Lisa Malice on the Outlier's YouTube Channel and Podcast Series.
Lisa Malice is a psychologist-turned-crime fiction writer. Her debut psychological thriller, LEST SHE FORGET, was released December 2023 by CamCat Books to rave reviews from authors, readers, and industry professionals and a month-long stay on the Amazon new thriller bestseller list. In 2024, she received the Benjamin Franklin Gold Medal for BEST NEW VOICE IN FICTION from the Independent Book Publishers Association. Lisa is an active volunteer for Thriller Writers, Sisters in Crime, and Mystery Writers of America. A native of Minnesota, she lived in Atlanta for 34 years, before moving to the Florida Gulf Coast with her husband to enjoy life living on the water.

GET TO KNOW Best-selling Author Tod Goldberg

Outliers Get to Know host Tracey Devlyn sits down with New York Times bestselling author Tod Goldberg to dig into his rollicking, whip-smart crime thriller—ONLY WAY OUT.
A luckless thief. A crooked cop. A missing fortune with only one way out.
Failed lawyer and would-be thief Robert Green has a simple plan: crack three hundred safe-deposit boxes and vanish to South America with his brilliant, morally flexible sister, Penny. But when a van skids off a frozen mountain road near Granite Shores, small-town cop Jack Biddle discovers Robert’s body, a fortune in heisted loot…and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
All Jack has to do is hide the evidence, disappear the body, and keep the money for himself. But Penny wants answers. Mitch Diamond, a wild card ex-con, wants his cut. And as their schemes collide, each of them will risk everything to be the one who walks away.
TOD GOLDBERG is the New York Times bestselling author of sixteen novels, including the Gangsterland quartet: Gangsterland, a finalist for the Hammett Prize; Gangster Nation; The Low Desert, a Southwest Book of the Year; and Gangsters Don’t Die, an Amazon Best Book of 2023 and a Southwest Book of the Year. Other works include The House of Secrets, coauthored with Brad Meltzer; Living Dead Girl, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; and the Burn Notice series. His short fiction and essays have been anthologized in Best American Mystery and Suspense and Best American Essays and appear regularly in the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and Alta. Tod is a professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside, where he founded and directs the low-residency MFA program in creative writing and writing for the performing arts. www.TodGoldberg.com
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CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: PSYCH TALK: Memoir, Biography, Autobiography: What's the Difference?

I've written biographies and I've guided and co-written autobiographies and memoirs. Now I'm writing my own memoir. I briefly explain these three distinct types of "life story" narratives.
 
Dr. Katherine Ramsland teaches forensic psychology and behavioral criminology in the graduate program at DeSales University. She has appeared as an expert on more than 250 crime documentaries and was an executive producer on Murder House Flip and A&E’s Confession of a Serial killer: BTK. The author of more than 1,800 articles and 73 books, including Confession of a Serial Killer, The Serial Killer’s Apprentice and How to Catch a Killer, she pens a regular blog for Psychology Today. She has also written a fiction series based on a female forensic psychologist who consults on death investigations. Dead-Handed is her most recent book.
 
https://www.katherineramsland.net/author