Hallie is the author of the Edgar-nominated WRITING & SELLING YOUR MYSTERY NOVEL: REVISED & EXPANDED as well as eleven suspense novels and multiple short stories. She teaches at writing conferences and writing workshops in the United States and abroad.
Contact Hallie to discuss a workshop or master class for a large group or small. Here are just a few of the topics she teaches:
- Writing a mystery novel: A crash course
- Crafting a page turner
- Creating, modulating, and mastering suspense
- Rooting suspense in domesticity
- Voice and viewpoint
- Harnessing setting
- Creating a character web
- Riding the wave: Suspense, action, reflection
- Creating memorable characters
- Plot and character: The dance
- The ins and outs of dialogue
- Turning tells into shows
- Plotting a crime novel
- Managing multiple timeliness
- Mystery, suspense, or thriller? Know what you’re about
- The nitty-gritty on giving a talk to promote your novel
- … and more
Here are some of the organizations for whom Hallie has given writing workshops:
- Algonkian Writers Conferences
- Book Passage Mystery Writers Workshop
- California Crime Writers
- Capitol Crimes Writing Retreat
- Central Ohio Fiction Writers
- CrimeCONN
- Connecticut Romance Writers
- Dallas Area Romance Writers
- Florida Writers
- Grub Street
- Heart of Denver Romance Writers
- Ladies of Intrigue Conference
- Manhattanville College
- Massasoit Community College
- Mad Anthony Writers
- Midwest Writers
- Minerva Education – Genre Writing in Tuscany
- Mystery Writers of America (MWA) University
- New England Crime Bake
- Penn Writers
- Puget Sound Writers
- Sisters in Crime – multiple chapters
- Sleuthfest
- Southwest Washington Writers Conference
- Surrey International Writers
- Thrillerfest
- Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University
- Willamette Writers
- Writers Digest Conferences
- Yale Summer Writers Workshop