Outliers Writing University Podcast Series

Join Outliers GET TO KNOW host DP Lyle for a conversation with best-selling author Caitlin Rother about her latest release STAGED.
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New York Times bestselling author Caitlin Rother has written or co-authored 16 books. Her latest is HOOKED, which launches on Feb. 1 as the first in Rother’s new “Katrina & Goode” thriller series. Her other recent titles are narrative nonfiction: DOWN TO THE BONE, about the McStay family murders, the updated edition of BODY PARTS, about serial killer Wayne Adam Ford, and DEATH ON OCEAN BOULEVARD, about the mysterious death of Rebecca Zahau. Rother, who worked as an investigative newspaper reporter for 19 years before quitting the news biz to write books full-time, has appeared more than 250 times on TV/radio shows and podcasts. She also works as a book coach, enjoys ocean swimming, and plays keyboards and sings in a jazzy bluesy trio. 
https://www.caitlinrother.com. 

Join DP Lyle for a fun chat with Retired Detective and Story Consultant Adam Richardson
Adam Richardson spent seventeen of his twenty-eight years in law enforcement as a detective in California, including assignments to state and federal task forces. 
He has been helping screenwriters, fiction authors, TV shows, and film productions with the cop stuff in their stories since 2015. 
https://www.skool.com/writersdetective/about
WATCH: Outliers YouTube Channel: CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtQspEilVhc
 

New on Outliers CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: Episode 78: Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
 
What Drugs Might Cause Side Effects in My Character With Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
Join Host DP Lyle, MD for a clever question from a crime writer and a discussion of this fascinating neurological syndrome
 
WATCH: Outliers YouTube Channel: CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwOCq-7s7Ow

Welcome to another episode of "Get to Know," hosted by DP Lyle and Kathleen Antrim! In this amazing interview, we sit down with best-selling author Kaira
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Kaira Rouda is an award–winning USA TODAY and Amazon Charts bestselling author of contemporary fiction that explores what goes on beneath the surface of seemingly perfect lives. Her novels of domestic suspense have been translated into a dozen languages and BENEATH THE SURFACE has been optioned for feature film. Three of her novels have been named Amazon Editor’s Picks for Best Mystery, Thriller & Suspense. THE NEXT WIFE was named a Suspense Magazine Best Book of 2021, won the 2022 Silver Falchion for Best Suspense Novel, and was a 2022 Silver Falchion first runner-up for Best Book of the Year. BENEATH THE SURFACE won a Zibby’s Book Award for Best Beach Read, and WE WERE NEVER FRIENDS was featured in People magazine.
Kaira is active in the mystery and thriller writing community as a co-founder and co-host of the Killer Author Club, a live online show supporting authors. She is a candidate for a Master’s in Creative Writing at the Palm Desert Low-Residency program at UC Riverside. Prior to writing novels, Kaira was a journalist, society columnist, magazine editor, and marketing executive. She  lives in Southern California with her family.
https://kairarouda.com/

Welcome to another episode of "Get to Know," hosted by DP Lyle and Kathleen Antrim! In this amazing interview, we sit down with best-selling author Craig Johnson
WATCH: Outliers YouTube Channel: GET TO KNOW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz5xJRb7rbo
Craig Johnson is the New York Times bestselling author of the Longmire mysteries, the basis for the hit Netflix original series Longmire. He is the recipient of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for fiction, the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award for fiction, the Nouvel Observateur Prix du Roman Noir, and the Prix SNCF du Polar. His novella Spirit of Steamboat was the first One Book Wyoming selection. He lives in Ucross, Wyoming, population 26.

New on Outliers CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: Episode 77: Knife Wound Analysis
Can the ME Determine the Type of Knife Used in a Murder By Examining the Wounds?
Join Host DP Lyle, MD for a fascinating question from a crime writer and a discussion of forensic knife wound analysis.
WATCH: Outliers YouTube Channel: CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBOarnMHQh4&list=PLia8l2DJ_EnXVBBYu0gtb1Ijjwkf0f6dn
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Welcome to another episode of "Get to Know," hosted by DP Lyle and Kathleen Antrim! In this amazing interview, we sit down with best-selling author and Edgar Award Best First Novel NomineeHannah Deitch
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Hannah Deitch is a former SAT tutor with an M.A. in English from UC Irvine, where she studied Marxist theory and contemporary pop culture. A former arts magazine editor, she holds an M.A. in journalism from USC. Her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. She currently lives in New York. Killer Potential is her first novel.
 
 hannahdeitch.com

Welcome to another episode of "Get to Know," hosted by DP Lyle and Kathleen Antrim! In this amazing interview, we sit down with best-selling author Robyn Harding and chat about her career and her latest novel, STRANGERS IN THE VILLA
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Robyn Harding is the author of bestselling novels STRANGERS IN THE VILLA, THE HATERS, THE DROWNING WOMAN, THE PERFECT FAMILY, THE SWAP, THE ARRANGEMENT, HER PRETTY FACE, and THE PARTY. She is a two-time finalist for the Crime Writers of Canada best crime novel award, as well as a screenwriter and executive producer. She lives in Vancouver, BC 

Welcome to another episode of "Get to Know," hosted by DP Lyle and Kathleen Antrim! In this amazing interview, we sit down with best-selling author Adam Plantinga and chat about his life, career, and his latest book which is nominated for the Edgar Award Best Novel
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Adam Plantinga’s first book, 400 Things Cops Know, was nominated for an Agatha and a Macavity Award and was hailed as “the new Bible for crime writers” by The Wall Street Journal. The Ascent, a USA Today bestseller, was his fiction debut. The follow-up, Hard Town, was nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Novel. Plantinga is a sergeant with the San Francisco Police Department assigned to the Internet Crimes Against Children unit. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and two daughters

Welcome to another episode of "Get to Know," hosted by DP Lyle and Kathleen Antrim! In this amazing interview, we sit down with the incredible Scott Turow and chat about his life, career, and his latest book which is nominated for the Edgar Award Best Novel
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Scott Turow is a writer and attorney. He is the author of fourteen works of fiction, including Presumed Innocent and most recently, Presumed Guilty, all New York Times bestsellers. Presumed Guilty was nominated for the 2026 Edgar Award for Best Novel. A new novel, tentatively called Presumed Dead, is scheduled for publication in January, 2027. Mr. Turow has also published two nonfiction books, including One L, about his experience as a law student.