Michael  Slade, Author
Michael Slade is a criminal lawyer turned thriller novelist. He's done
100 murder trials and 15 Supreme Court appeals. His Special X series about
the RCMP combines whodunit, suspense, history, horror, romance, western, science
fiction, forensics, and police procedure. From Headhunter (1984) to
Kamikaze (2006), Slade's twelve spinechillers have millions of copies
in print, with translations in Japan, Russia, France, Germany, Holland, Poland,
Hungary, Estonia, etc. Visit the Michael Slade site at www.specialx.net.
Workshop(s)
Then and Now (workshop)
Friday, October 20, 2006 (1:30 PM to 3:00 PM) Whether your story is set in the past or the present day, events back then will motivate what your characters do now. Anne Perry and Michael Slade discuss using history.
Creating Heroes and Villains (workshop)
Saturday, October 21, 2006 (3:30 PM to 5:00 PM) Batman vs. The Joker. Bond vs. Blofeld. Starling vs. Lecter. Langdon vs. Silas and Co. Thrillers that thrill - and sell - require psychologically interlocked good guys and bad guys. Learn from 'the King of Psycho-Thrillers' (Amazon.com's # 1 Reviewer)
The Naked Prey (Night Owl Session) (workshop)
Friday, October 20, 2006 (9:00 PM to 10:30 PM) Let criminal lawyer-turned-thriller-writer Michael Slade entertain you with anecdotes about his adventures with headhunting cannibals on the research and promotion trail, and surviving in the quicksand bog of the publishing industry.
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