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Author

Janet Laurence

Price
£10.99
Format
Paperback, 215 x 135mm, 160pp
ISBN 978-1-84285-088-6

About the Author

Janet Laurence is an established crime writer. She is the author of the Darina Lisle crime series as well as the Canaletto murder series and the novel To Kill the Past. She also contributed to the Murder they Wrote Collection in 1994 and is writer in residence at a college in Australia every summer. Janet Laurence lives in Somerset where, like her heroine, she enjoys cooking.

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Writing Crime Fiction: Making Crime Pay

Writers Guides: A Studymates Series

■         written by an expert who is
          a published crime writer
■         Deals with a growing market of amateurs
            and undergraduates
■          Each chapter develops a mental or
           practical skill

■ Advice packaged in bite-sized chunks.

Here is how to become a published crime writer
Writing crime is an excellent introduction to the genre from a well-established and highly respected author.
In this book you will learn:

How to start writing crime
How to layer your novel with clues
How to find a market for your work
How to be a professional crime writer

This book is ideal for:

All students taking courses to improve their creative writing skills
Post 16-Level students and first-year undergraduates on creative writing and creative studies degrees
Adult education centres including WEA
Teachers, tutors and lecturers
School libraries, reference and public libraries
University and college central libraries.
Ideal for undergraduates

SUBJECT AREA

Creative writing/Creative studies/Eng Lit

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