Capital Crime 2024 – In Pictures
I was delighted to attend Capital Crime 2024 for the Murderous Medicine panel with Christie Watson, Ambrose Parry and participating moderator Suzie Edge.
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From Pain to Page: Writing From Life Experience (Writer’s Digest article)
This article originally appeared in Writer’s Digest. The eggs were broken. All of them. My mum had given me a dozen from our farm, in a box, to bring into school—I was supposed to give them to another child to give to their parents. But I didn’t know the other child and hadn’t plucked up…
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How Medical Phenomena Can Be Used in Crime Fiction (CrimeReads article)
This article original appeared in CrimeReads. Various medical phenomena have shocked, surprised and fascinated us since the dawn of time. From the terrifyingly named Alien Hand Syndrome to alleged accounts of spontaneous human combustion, we are insatiable for stories which slip outside our realm of understanding. We are driven—be it through empathy, morbid curiosity, fear…
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I Was Pregnant With Twins. Then One of Them Vanished (Time Magazine article)
This article was originally published in Time Magazine. “It’s vanished,” the sonographer said. He had checked the ultrasound several times and was certain of his assessment. My husband and I craned forward to examine the ghostly shadows on the screen, the black hollows, like eyes, surrounded by swathes of gray. It felt like we were…
