Outliers Writing University Podcast Series

GET TO KNOW Best-selling Author Lynette Eason

Lynette Eason is the best-selling, award-winning author of over sixty-five books with over 3,000,000 copies sold. Her novels have appeared on the USA Today, Publisher’s Weekly, CBA, ECPA, and Parable bestseller lists. She has won numerous awards including the Carol Award, the Selah, the Golden Scroll and more. Her novel, Her Stolen Past was made into a movie for the Lifetime Movie Network in 2018. Lynette teaches and speaks at writing conferences all over the country. She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW), Mystery Writers of America (MWA), International Thriller Writers (ITW), Advanced Writers and Speakers Association (AWSA) and Faith, Hope, and Love. She lives in Simpsonville, SC with her husband. They have two grown children and a terribly spoiled American Eskimo pup. When she's not writing, she can be found somewhere in nature photographing all the cool critters. 
 www.lynetteeason.com

GET TO KNOW Best-selling Author Joe Finder

Joseph Finder is the New York Times bestselling author of 17 novels, most recently the forthcoming The Oligarch's Daughter.  His books have won numerous awards, including the ITW Thriller Award, the Strand Critics Award, and the Barry Award. Two of his novels have been made into major motion pictures, High Crimes and Paranoia. 
 
https://josephfinder.com/

GET TO KNOW Award-winning Author Andrew Welsh-Huggins

Andrew Welsh-Huggins, of Columbus, is the Shamus, Derringer, and ITW-award-nominated author of the upcoming thriller The Mailman, featuring Mercury Carter, a former federal agent turned freelance courier. Publishers Weekly said of The Mailman: “With full-throttle pacing from start to finish, this will have Jack Reacher fans hoping Carter is back in action soon.” Welsh-Huggins is also the author of the standalone thriller, The End of the Road; the Andy Hayes Private Eye series; and editor of Columbus Noir. Andrew’s short stories have appeared in multiple magazines and anthologies, including Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock Magazine, and The Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2021 and 2024.
Website: https://www.andrewwelshhuggins.com/

GET TO KNOW Best-selling Author Allison Brennan

Allison Brennan
New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Allison Brennan believes that life is too short to be bored, so she had five kids and writes three books a year. A fifth-generation Californian, she moved with her family to Arizona in 2019 where she enjoys hiking, baseball Spring Training, and (of course) reading. Allison is best known for her long-running Lucy Kincaid FBI series, and her Quinn & Costa thrillers. Her new Angelhart PI series launches the summer of 2024.
https://www.allisonbrennan.com/

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF 67: Special Guest True Crime Author Caitlin Rother

Caitlin Rother is the author and co-author of 15 true crime books that delve into the minds of some of Southern California's most notorious killers and mysterious, high-profile deaths. She is an award-winning investigative journalist and a New York Times bestselling author. She writes both fiction and nonfiction stories, with a new fiction series currently in the works.
https://www.caitlinrother.com/

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF 66: Special Guest Forensic Psychologist Jeffrey Smalldon

Curious about what it’s like to sit face-to-face with one of America’s most infamous serial killers? Download a free chapter from That Beast Was Not Me and dive into Dr. Smalldon’s unforgettable first encounter with John Wayne Gacy on death row. This isn’t sensationalized true crime—it’s an unfiltered look at the thin line between normalcy and monstrosity, told through the eyes of a forensic psychology student. 
 
https://jeffreysmalldon.com/

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF 65: Special Guest Criminal Defense Attorney and Former GA State Legislator McCracken Poston

McCracken Poston, Jr. is a practicing criminal defense attorney and former state legislator in the Georgia House of Representatives. He is a graduate of The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and received his law degree from The University of Georgia. He gained national attention for his handling of several notable cases that were featured on CNN Presents, Dateline NBC, A&E's American Justice, and Forensic Files. He lives in Ringgold, Georgia.
https://www.mccrackenpostonjr.com/

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF 64: The BTK Killer: A discussion With Dr. Katherine Ramsland

Dr. Katherine Ramsland teaches forensic psychology and behavioral criminology in the graduate program at DeSales University, where she is Professor Emerita. 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 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, Annie Hunter, who consults on death investigations.

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF 63: Serial Killer Types with DP Lyle, MD and Katherine Ramsland. PhD

Serial killers aren't always Ted Bundy types, or Hannibal Lecter. Their motives vary greatly.
DP Lyle is the Amazon #1 Bestselling; Macavity and Benjamin Franklin Award-winning; and Edgar(2), Agatha, Anthony, Shamus, Scribe, Silver Falchion, and USA Today Best Book(2) nominated author of 27 books. He hosts the Crime Fiction Writer’s Blog, the Criminal Mischief: The Art and Science of Crime Fiction YouTube/podcast series, and is co-creator of the Outliers Writing University He has worked with the writers of TV’s Law & Order, CSI: Miami, Monk, House, and other shows.
Website: http://www.dplylemd.com
Dr. Katherine Ramsland teaches forensic psychology and behavioral criminology in the graduate program at DeSales University, where she is Professor Emerita. 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 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, Annie Hunter, who consults on death investigations.

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF 62: Special Guests Dr. Katherine Ramsland and Documentary Producer Tracy Ullman

Dr. Katherine Ramsland teaches forensic psychology and behavioral criminology in the graduate program at DeSales University, where she is Professor Emerita. 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 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, Annie Hunter, who consults on death investigations.
Tracy Ullman is a documentary producer, director, and writer in Chicago. She has produced dozens of non-fiction television programs for Discovery Networks, Oxygen, AETN Networks, and PBS. Her most recent production is a six-part limited documentary series about serial murderer John Wayne Gacy and the new discoveries made in his case for NBC’s Peacock streaming service.