Outliers Writing University Podcast Series

GET TO KNOW Author KK Cathers

For as long as she can remember, Kerry Cathers has been fascinated by crime and history and now spends her days reading and talking about both. She created A Curiosity of Crime and Bandit’s Roost as research resources for authors of historical detective fiction.The first book in her reference series, A Writer’s Guide to Nineteenth-Century Murder by Arsenic, is available now. The sequel, A Writer’s Guide to Forensics, 1800-1940 will be on bookshelves next year. She presented at the HNS North America 2023 Conference, and given seminars on forensics, poisons, and how to be a nineteenth-century detective for Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and Kiss of Death’s COFFIN series.
Kerry’s Substack: https://banditsroost.substack.com

GET TO KNOW Author, Actor, Narrator Harley Jane Kozak

HARLEY JANE KOZAK was born in Pennsylvania, grew up in Nebraska, completed NYU School of the Arts Graduate Acting Program, and migrated to Los Angeles. She starred in a few dozen films (Parenthood, Arachnophobia, The Favor, etc.), three soaps (Texas, Guiding Light, Santa Barbara), countless plays and a lotta TV before taking a 15-year maternity leave and turning to crime fiction. Her first (of 5) novels, Dating Dead Men, won the Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards. Her short prose has appeared in Ms. Magazine, The Sun, The Santa Monica Review and eight anthologies, including Best American Mystery Stories of 2019. She has also produced and narrated a dozen audiobooks (although not her own books; go figure). Harley lives in L.A. with three dogs, and leaves the porch light on for her three kids, preferring to ignore the fact that they’re in their 20’s and don’t live at home anymore. 
https://harleyjanekozak.com/

GET TO KNOW Author, Screenwriter, Forensic Specialist Jennifer Dornbush

Jennifer Dornbush is a screenwriter, author, international speaker, and forensic specialist. Raised as the daughter of a medical examiner whose office was in their home; forensics and crime writing are infused into her DNA. Jennifer penned suspense thriller Hole in the Woods;  historical crime fiction The Locard Principle; on-going mystery series The Coroner’s Daughter, and contributes to mystery anthologies, She also created the acclaimed crime writer’s guide Forensic Speak. As a screenwriter Jennifer has optioned, sold, developed, and adapted material for film and television. She is a sought-out international teacher, speaker, and mentor. 
www.jenniferdornbush.com 

GET TO KNOW Author Anne Cleeland

Anne Cleeland is the author of the Doyle & Acton mystery series, which is set in modern-day Scotland Yard and has sold over 800,000 copies world-wide. The series is narrated by rookie detective Kathleen Doyle, who married the famous Chief Inspector Acton only to discover that he is not at all what he seems. The 20th book in the series, Murder in Preemption, is now available.
Anne also writes suspense stories set in the Napoleonic Wars. Her 11th book, A Dubious Prospect, became available Summer 2024.
A retired lawyer, she has four children and lives in Southern California.
https://www.annecleeland.com/

GET TO KNOW Best-selling Author Marc Cameron

Author of the New York Times bestselling Jericho Quinn Thriller series, Marc Cameron's short stories have appeared in The Saturday Evening Post and BOYS LIFE magazine. In late 2016, he was chosen to continue the Tom Clancy Jack Ryan/Campus Thriller series. TOM CLANCY COMMAND AND CONTROL released in November 2023.
Cameron is a retired Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal who spent nearly thirty years in law enforcement. His assignments have taken him from Alaska to Manhattan, Canada to Mexico and dozens of points in between. He holds a second-degree black belt in Jujitsu and is a certified scuba diver and man-tracking instructor.
Originally from Texas, Cameron is an avid sailor and adventure motorcyclist.  His books often feature boats and bikes including OSI Agent Jericho Quinn's beloved BMW GS Adventure.
Cameron lives in the Alaska with his wife and BMW GS motorcycle. He enjoys hearing from readers.
Marc’s Website: https://marccameronbooks.com/bio/

GET TO KNOW Author and Developmental Editor JL Hughes

As a Thriller Author, Owner of a successful Writers & Authors Craft Developmental Editing Company for Authors, a Ghostwriter, and Journalist, J.L. Hughes is grateful to be immersed in her respected field working with other accomplished writers. On the inside cover of dozens of novels, she contributes as Editor or Ghostwriter to both fiction and nonfiction in every genre from True Crime to Fantasy, Sci-Fi to Horror all for the love of story. R.A.Y. A Step Too Far, a Thriller pitting Morality against advancements in Mortality, is out November 12th. Her DARK JUSTICE Broken Jade Thriller Police Procedural trilogy will release in the summer of 2025. J.L. and her family enjoy city life against the adventurous backdrop of the Rocky Mountains.
JL Hughes Books: https://roughedgespress.com/project/j-l-hughes/

GTE TO KNOW Author Lorie Lewis Ham

Lorie Lewis Ham lives in Reedley, California and has been writing ever since she was a child. Her first song and poem were published when she was 13, and she has gone on to publish many articles, short stories, and poems throughout the years, as well as write for a local newspaper, and publish 7 mystery novels. For the past 14 years, Lorie has been the editor-in-chief and publisher of Kings River Life Magazine, and she produces Mysteryrat’s Maze Podcast, where you can hear an excerpt of her book One of Us, the first in a new series called The Tower District Mysteries. Book 2, One of You, was released in June of 2024. You can learn more about Lorie and her writing on her website mysteryrat.com

GET TO KNOW Best-selling Author Peter May

Born and raised in Scotland Peter has lived in France for more than 20 years and has dual French-British nationality.
Author of 31 books which have sold over 15 million copies in more than 40 countries, he is the recipient of national literary awards in the UK, France, Denmark and the USA
May was an award-winning journalist at the age of twenty-one and a published author at twenty-six. In his late twenties, he switched his creative talent to television and became one of Scotland's most prolific television dramatists. He garnered more than 1000 TV credits in 15 years as scriptwriter and script editor on prime-time British television drama. He is the creator of three major television drama series and presided over two of the highest-rated serials in his homeland before quitting television to concentrate on his first love, writing novels.
His breakthrough novel was The Blackhouse. After being turned down by all the major UK publishers, the first of the The Lewis Trilogy - The Blackhouse - was published in France where it was hailed as "a masterpiece" by the French national newspaper L'Humanité and went on to win the French literature award the Prix Cezam.
The Blackhouse was published in English by award-winning publishing house, Quercus. It went on to become an international best seller, and won the US Barry Award for Best Mystery Novel at Bouchercon in Albany NY, in 2013.
In 2021 Peter won the Crime Writers' Association Dagger in the Library. This award recognizes the popularity of an author's body of work with readers and users of libraries. The judges committee is made up of librarians from across the country.
Peter’s Website: http://www.petermay.co.uk/

GET TO KNOW Author and Prosecutor Marcia Clark

Marcia Clark is the best selling author of nine legal thrillers and one memoir, starting with four bestselling legal thrillers featuring prosecutor Rachel Knight: THE COMPETETION, KILLER AMBITION, GUILT BY DEGREES, and GUILT BY ASSOCIATION. TNT optioned the books for a one-hour drama series and shot the pilot, which starred Julia Stiles as Rachel Knight.
Her most recent series features criminal defense attorney Samantha Brinkman and includes BLOOD DEFENSE, MORAL DEFENSE, SNAP JUDGEMENT, and FINAL JUDGEMENT. Marcia’s latest thriller, released in September 2022, THE FALL GIRL, was a standalone featuring two leads with alternating chapters. Marcia narrated the audiobook along with TV writing partner, Catherine LePard.
 
A practicing criminal lawyer since 1979, she joined the L.A. District Attorney’s office in 1981, where she served as prosecutor for the trials of Robert Bardo, convicted of killing actress Rebecca Schaeffer, and most notably, O.J. Simpson. Her 1997 #1 New York Times bestselling book on the trial, WITHOUT A DOUBT, reached #1 on the New York Times, Wall St. Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Publishers Weekly bestsellers lists. It was re-released in 2016 as an ebook with a new foreword.
https://marciaclarkbooks.com/

GET TO KNOW Best-selling Author Don Bruns

Don Bruns is the author of 22 cheap, tawdry murder mysteries. Being a USA Today best seller and #1 Amazon best seller, Bruns only sets his novels in places he wants to visit (and can write off his taxes) The Caribbean, Jamaica, Miami, Key West and New Orleans have played a roll in his novels. A former standup comic and musician, Bruns has warmed up such acts as Ray Charles, Ricky Nelson, The Four seasons and more. He makes  his home in South Florida.
https://donbrunsbooks.com/