Will Crime Fiction Change? 2020’s Impact on Research Methods – Robert Dugoni, Kim Taylor Blakemore, and Elle Mitchell

Travel, interviews, trips to museums, it’s all changed. How crime fiction authors research varies, but there is nothing like an in-person or hands-on-experience to add a layer of reality–especially in the case of police procedurals and historical mysteries. In this talk, three authors in different subgenres under the umbrella of crime fiction will share stories of their research experiences and discuss what it did for their work. They’ll talk about– how 2020 and all the hits this year has come with have changed their research process. And as authors are constantly thinking about the future, you’ll hear what’s next for them in terms of research expectations and upcoming books.

Elle Mitchell, Robert Dugoni, and Kim Taylor Blakemore