Outliers Writing University Podcast Series

Carter Wilson is the USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of ten psychological thrillers known for their intense emotion, tight pacing, and haunting twists. His books have received starred reviews from every major trade publication, have been optioned for film and television, and his 2025 novel Tell Me What You Did was selected as a national monthly pick by Barnes & Noble. In addition to his fiction, Carter is the...

Outliers Get to Know host Tracey Devlyn welcomes debut author Angela Shupe to discuss IN THE LIGHT OF THE SUN—a powerful WWII novel of music, resistance, and the enduring bonds of sisterhood.

Two sisters. Two countries. One war.

Separated by oceans and a global conflict, Caramina and Rosa Grassi must each discover how far they’ll go—and what they’ll sacrifice—for love, truth, and survival.

“Hauntingly beautiful… shines a light on w...

Best-selling Author Lisa Jewell entered the Outliers Studio at Bouchercon 2025 in New Orleans for a lively chat with Terry Shepherd and Jennifer Dornbush.

Lisa Jewell is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-three novels, including Don’t Let Him In, None of This Is True, The Family Upstairs, and Then She Was Gone, as well as Invisible Girl and Watching You. Her novels have sold more than fifteen million copies intern...

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: PSYCH TALK with Forensic Psychologist Dr. Katherine Ramsland

I like to include a unique forensic method in each novel in my crime series, The Nut Cracker Investigations, that will offer readers something they might not have heard of before. While I was writing the fourth book, You Can’t Hide, I participated in a week-long forensic art course called “Drawing to Depict the Deceased for Identification.” In other wor...

Samantha Downing is an internationally bestselling thriller author whose books have appeared on the Sunday Times and USA Today bestseller lists. Her novels include My Lovely Wife, He Started It, For Your Own Good, and A Twisted Love Story. Her debut novel, My Lovely Wife, was nominated for the Edgar, ITW, and Macavity awards in the US, the CWA award in the UK, and was the winner of the Prix des Lectrices award in France. Her lates...

Outliers Get to Know host Tracey Devlyn sits down with New York Times bestselling author Tasha Alexander to talk about THE SISTERHOOD—a captivating blend of historical mystery, female friendship, ancient secrets, and royal intrigue.

A poisoned debutante. A royal mandate. A tomb with secrets from ancient Britain.

When a young woman dies at her own engagement party, Lady Emily is tasked by the King to investigate. As the body count r...

Best-selling Author Brad Thor sat down with Terry Shepherd and Jennifer Dornbush in the Outliers Studio at Bouchercon 2025 in New Orleans for a lively and fun chat. @BradThor

BRAD THOR is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-five thrillers, including EDGE OF HONOR, BLACK ICE (ThrillerFix Best Thriller of the Year), NEAR DARK (one of Suspense Magazine’s Best Books of the Year), BACKLASH (nominated for the Barry Award f...

Christa Carmen lives in Rhode Island, and most of her writing inspiration comes from gazing upon the ghosts of the past and into the dark corners of nature. Her new Gothic suspense novel, Beneath the Poet’s House, was released on December 10, 2024, and she is also the author of The Daughters of Block Island, a winner of the Bram Stoker Award and a Shirley Jackson Award nominee; the Indie Horror Book Award-winning Something Borrowed...

Michael Connelly was born in Philadelphia, PA on July 21, 1956. He moved to Florida with his family when he was 12 years old. Michael decided to become a writer after discovering the books of Raymond Chandler while attending the University of Florida. Once he decided on this direction he chose a major in journalism and a minor in creative writing — a curriculum in which one of his teachers was novelist Harry Crews.

After graduating...

Bruce Alterman is a fourth-generation licensed private investigator with over forty years of field experience. Drawing from real-life cases, he has authored several exciting novels, including Fear in Phoenicia, The Deadly Hunt for Dutch Schultz’s Treasure, Exploit, Deep Hell, and Pain in Palmyra.

His expertise has landed him on major television programs, including The UnXplained with William Shatner (History Channel),

Secrets of th...

Now published in 114 countries and more than 47 languages, Jeffrey Archer is firmly established as one of the world’s bestselling authors, with international sales passing 275 million copies.He’s written 58 books including 29 fiction books, 7 short story collections, 3 prison diaries, 3 plays, 11 children’s books, and other stories, His novels include the Clifton Chronicles, Kane and Abel and have topped bestseller lists around the...

Outliers Get to Know host Tracey Devlyn sits down with New York Times bestselling author Alma Katsu to talk about FIEND—a chilling supernatural thriller with echoes of Succession, demonic deals, and twisted family loyalty.

A wealthy family. A cursed legacy. A demon in the details.

From freak accidents to vanishing evidence, the Berisha family’s fortune has always come at a price. But when the blessing starts to unravel, blood might...

Outliers Get to Know host Tracey Devlyn sits down with USA Today bestselling authors Adrienne Giordano and Misty Evans to discuss their gripping cold case mystery—4TH SILENCE.

A glittering party. A dead girl. A cold case that won’t stay buried.

Thirty years ago, eight-year-old Tiffany was murdered during her family’s glamorous holiday bash. Now, the Schock sisters are chasing a killer who’s still hiding among D.C.’s powerful elite....

Outliers Get to Know host Tracey Devlyn sits down with authors Christina Baker Kline and Anne Burt to discuss their gripping psychological thriller—PLEASE DON’T LIE.

A new town. A suspicious neighbor. A husband who’s not what he seems.

After unimaginable tragedy, Hayley Stone hopes the Adirondacks will bring healing. But the mountains hold dark secrets—and one wrong turn might cost her everything. Twisty, atmospheric, and utterly h...

Outliers Get to Know host Tracey Devlyn sits down with internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron to discuss her lush, witchy, queer family saga—THE SEVEN MIRACLES OF BEATRIX HOLLAND.

A cheating husband. A family she didn’t know existed. A death prophecy she can’t ignore.

When Beatrice flees to a remote island to reclaim her sense of self, she discovers her twin sister, her not-so-dead mother, and her own extraordinary power...

USA Today bestselling author Lucinda Berry is a former psychologist and leading researcher in childhood trauma. She’s written multiple bestsellers reaching millions of readers worldwide. Some of her bestselling works include The Perfect Child, Saving Noah, When She Returned, The Best of Friends, and Keep Your Friends Close. Her books have been optioned for film and translated into several languages. If Berry isn’t chasing after her...

HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN is the USA Today bestselling author of 15 psychological thrillers, winning the most prestigious awards in the genre: five Agathas, five Anthonys, and the coveted Mary Higgins Clark Award. She is also on-air investigative reporter for Boston's WHDH-TV, with 37 EMMYs and dozens more journalism honors. National book critics call her “a superb and gifted storyteller.” Her current novel is the page-turning standalone...

Ryan is a twelve-year veteran Navy helicopter pilot and mission commander who was part of a joint interagency special operations task force (JIATF). He did three deployments during Operation MARTILLO countering narcotics smuggling throughout Central and South America. Ryan then served as a search and rescue pilot for the US Navy Experimental Test Wing and NASA. After getting out of the Navy, he was a federal investigator for five y...