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Writing Procedurals: When You’re Not a Lawyer, Doctor or Cop

by Rebecca Forster

Years ago, I was a panelist at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books discussing legal thrillers. My fellow panelists were men, lawyers-turned-authors, and big names in the genre. When Q&A came, a perturbed woman stood up in the back of the huge UCLA auditorium and confronted me:  

“How can you write legal thrillers when you’re not even a lawyer?”… Read the post

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