About this episode

Ruth Mancini and Susan Barrett discuss how they use real crimes as inspiration for their writing.

Season 10. Episode 5. #OnTheSofaWithVictoria Ruth Mancini (The Stranger on the Stairs) & Susan Barrett (All Cats are Grey) discuss how they use real crimes as inspiration for thier writing. Recommended - Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Crossing to Safety Wallace Stegner Victoria Selman is a Sunday Times and Amazon Charts #1 bestselling thriller author. She has written a number of critically acclaimed novels including the hit Ziba MacKenzie series and Truly Darkly Deeply whi...

People in this episode

Host: Victoria Selman

Guests: Ruth Mancini, Susan Barrett

Topics covered

• writing inspiration
• real crime
• fiction
• thriller
• literature

Keywords

• crime inspiration
• fiction writing
• thriller authors
• real crime
• literary discussion

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Stranger on the Stairs, All Cats are Grey, Crime and Punishment, Crossing to Safety

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