Outliers Writing University Podcast Series

GET TO KNOW Author, Screenwriter, Producer J. Todd Scott.

J. Todd Scott was born in rural Kentucky and put aside an early ambition to write to pursue a long career as a federal agent. His assignments once took him all over the U.S and the world, but a badge and gun never replaced his passion for stories and writing. He’s authored six critically acclaimed crime, suspense, and thriller novels, including the Chris Cherry/Big Bend trilogy (THE FAR EMPTY, HIGH WHITE SUN, THIS SIDE OF NIGHT) and most recently, the 2024 International Thriller Writers Award finalist for Best Paperback Original, CALL THE DARK. He’s also a film/TV producer and screenwriter, including the Lawmen: Bass Reeves series, for Paramount+
Website: http://jtoddscott.com/

GET TO KNOW Best-selling Author Robert Dugoni

Robert Dugoni is a critically acclaimed New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and #1 Amazon bestselling author, reaching over 9 million readers worldwide. He is best known for his Tracy Crosswhite police series set in Seattle. He is also the author of the Charles Jenkins espionage series, the David Sloane legal thriller series, and several stand-alone novels including The 7th Canon, Damage Control, The World Played Chess, and Her Deadly Game. His novel The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell received Suspense Magazine’s 2018 Book of the Year, and Dugoni’s narration won an AudioFile Earphones Award. Washington Post named his nonfiction exposé The Cyanide Canary a Best Book of the Year.
 
Several of his novels have been optioned for movies and television series. Dugoni is the recipient of the Nancy Pearl Award for Fiction and a three-time winner of the Friends of Mystery Spotted Owl Award for best novel set in the Pacific Northwest. He has also been a finalist for many other awards including the International Thriller Award, the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, the Silver Falchion Award for mystery, and the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award.
Dugoni’s books are sold in more than twenty-five countries and have been translated into more than thirty languages.
https://www.robertdugonibooks.com/

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GET TO KNOW Best-selling Author Jenny Milchman

Jenny Milchman is the Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning and USA Today bestselling author of the psychological thrillers Cover of Snow, Ruin Falls, As Night Falls, Wicked River, and The Second Mother. Her work has received praise from media ranging from the New York Times to the San Francisco Journal of Books; earned spots on Top 10 lists from Suspense Magazine to the Strand Magazine; made Best Of lists from PopSugar to PureWow; and garnered starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Library Journal, and Shelf Awareness, in addition to numerous other mentions. Before turning to fiction, Jenny earned a graduate degree in clinical psychology and practiced at a rural community mental health center for more than a decade. She lives in the Catskill Mountains with her family.
https://jennymilchman.com

GET TO KNOW Best-selling Author David Putnam

David Putnam
During his career in law enforcement, best-selling author David Putnam has worked in narcotics, violent crimes, criminal intelligence, hostage rescue, SWAT, and internal affairs, to name just a few. He is the recipient of many awards and commendations for heroism. The Diabolical is the eleventh novel in the acclaimed and best-selling Bruno Johnson Crime Series. Putnam lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife, Mary.
The Blind Devotion of Imogene comes out July 9th.
The Diabolical (a Bruno Johnson novel) came out last Feb.
A stand alone novel, The Obsession of Harvey Usher comes out next January.
Also, a third in the Dave Beckett series, A Gray Cadaverous Dawn comes out this October.
http://davidputnambooks.com/

GET TO KNOW Author and Film Maker Jennifer Moorhead

Jennifer graduated from Louisiana State University in Baton
Rouge. Geaux Tigers! She has written and produced three
indie short films that each made top 20 at the Louisiana Film
Prize and were awarded at festivals around the world. She
lives in Louisiana with her husband, two needy doodles, one
very un-needy shelter kitty, and a plethora of farm animals.
Her grown daughters are off creating their own life stories.
When she’s not writing, she’s photographing the swamps
and winding trails in her backyard or she’s on a tennis court
laughing and providing job security for her coach.
https://jennifermoorhead.com/

GET TO. KNOW Author Jacqueline Bublitz

Jacqueline Bublitz is a writer, feminist and arachnophobe who lives between Melbourne, Australia, and her hometown on the west coast of New Zealand’s North Island. She is the author of BEFORE YOU KNEW MY NAME and LEAVE THE GIRLS BEHIND.
 
https://jacquelinebublitz.com/

GET TO KNOW Author, Journalist, and Actor Maxie Dara

Maxie Dara is a writer and actor from Ontario, Canada. She has been a freelance journalist focusing on the local arts and culture scene for more than five years, with bylines in publications such as Hamilton Magazine and Beyond James, among others. She is also a two-time award-winning playwright, taking home the Best of Fringe award at the 2017 Hamilton Fringe Festival for the musical comedy This Is Not a Musical: The Musical! and the 2020 Torpedo Prize for her play Alone Together, a pandemic drama. Maxie knew she wanted to be a writer at the age of seven, when she first fell in love with the written word. She also wanted to be a mermaid but has mostly focused on the writing side of things.
https://maxiedara.wixsite.com/maxiedarawrites

GET TO KNOW Best-selling Author John Connolly

John Connolly is a bestselling author of mystery and supernatural fiction.
With over 30 published works, including the popular Charlie Parker series, his books have captivated readers around the world. He has won the Edgar, Anthony, Shamus, and Macavity awards in the US, a CWA Dagger in the UK, and an Irish Book Award, as well as numerous international accolades, and has published more UK Sunday Times Top 10 Hardback Bestsellers than any other Irish writer.
 https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Night-and-Day/John-Connolly/9781668081679

GET TO KNOW Best-selling Author Don Bentley

Don Bentley is the New York Times Bestselling author of eight books including the Matt Drake thriller series (Forgotten War, Hostile Intent, The Outside Man, Without Sanction), the Tom Clancy Jack Ryan, Jr. series (Weapons Grade, Flash Point, Zero Hour, Target Acquired), and the Vince Flynn Mitch Rapp series (beginning in 2024).
Don spent a decade as an Army Apache helicopter pilot during which time he was stationed in South Korea, Germany, and Texas. While deployed to Afghanistan as a Troop Commander in support of Operation Enduring Freedom VI, Don was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and the Air Medal with "V" device for valor. Following his time in the military Don worked as an FBI Special Agent and was a member of the Dallas Office Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team.
After leaving the FBI, Don worked for companies that developed technology for the U.S. Special Operations Community. He holds a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Ohio State University, and an M.F.A in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University.
https://donbentleybooks.com