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2007 Presenters (Authors, Agents, Editors & Producers)

Patricia Smiley, Author

Patricia Smiley earned a BA in Sociology from the University of Washington in Seattle. She also holds an MBA with honors from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. Her debut novel FALSE PROFITS about Los Angeles management consultant Tucker Sinclair received a starred review from Booklist and was a Book Sense recommendation. Her follow-up novel COVER YOUR ASSETS was a RomanticTimes Top Pick. Both novels were Los Angeles Times Bestsellers. SHORT CHANGE, the third in the series, will be released July 3, 2007.

Patty is Vice President of the Southern California Chapter of Mystery Writers of America and a member of Sisters in Crime, the Screen Actors Guild, and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. She is also a Specialist Reserve Officer for the Los Angeles Police Department and a regular contributor to NakedAuthors: the naked truth about literature and life, a crime writer’s blog located at www.nakedauthors.com. She lives in Los Angeles where she is at work on the fourth in the Tucker Sinclair series.

Workshop(s)

A Mystery in Six (+) Parts (workshop) A panel of best-selling mystery novelists talk about their favourite sub-genres – to write and to read. A look at detective stories, police procedurals, legal thriller, cozy, historical, and more!
Creation of the Amateur Sleuth (workshop) Crime fiction is replete with police officers or private investigators as crime-solving protagonists, but how can writers create a civilian main character and not challenge the readers’ willing suspension of disbelief? Examine the limitations and opportunities in the case of an amateur sleuth as a hero.
Crime in Fiction (workshop) When she’s not busy writing best-selling mystery novels, Patricia Smiley spends part of her time working with the LAPD. Join Patty as she shows you how to keep it real when police and their procedures enter into your crime novel.