Award-winning Colorado author and retired K-9 handler Kathleen Donnelly brings real-world canine detection experience to her writing, sharing insights on working dogs, training, and law enforcement from her 19-year career.
Marcus Melnick Author and Firearms and Personal Safety Expert
Firearms & Personal Safety for Writers features Marcus Melnick, a 35-year public safety veteran, who shares real-world firearm knowledge, safety, and legal insights to help writers craft authentic, responsible scenes.
Author and Chemist Kelle Z Riley
Author and scientist Kelle Z. Riley shares “How to Poison Your Characters—and Keep Yourself Safe,” blending real science with storytelling insight from her mysteries, romances, and media experience.
Merle Davenport – Author and Teacher
Echoes of the Criminal Mind helps writers craft authentic villains using ten research-based criminal traits, drawn from Merle Davenport’s 25 years teaching in prisons and psychology expertise.
Gwen Goodrich – 30-year FBI veteran
Ms. Gwendolyn “Gwen” Goodrich is a retired Intelligence Analyst with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Jacksonville field office, with over 30 years of experience. Ms. Goodrich most recently represented the FBI as a liaison with other federal, state, and local law enforcement partners in a fusion center
Lynda J. Bergh Herring
Veteran PI Lynda J. Bergh Herring reveals how empathy, intuition, and non-confrontational tactics help women investigators solve cases, drawing on four decades of real-world investigative experience.
