Tanya Scott is a writer, doctor and medical educator. With years of experience working in mental health care, she has learned more from her patients than from any textbook – not just about physical and mental health, but about humanity, resilience and the absurdity of life. She is based on Wadawurrung Country, on the Victorian Surf Coast, with her family and pets. When not writing, she can be found with her head in a book or braving the wind at the beach. Stillwater is her debut novel.
Mark Smith, Christine Keighery and Tanya Scott explain their love of writing crime fiction, and how living on the Surf Coast stimulates their imaginations. Demystifying the conventions of crime fiction, each author will talk about the processes behind their writing and the ways they grab readers’ attention, creating gripping novels that stand above the pack. With Sarah L’Estrange.
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