Award-winning crime novelist Val McDermid talks forensic thinking, puzzle solving and the power of online communities.

What can a crime novelist teach the insight world? Val McDermid is not only a multi-million selling author, she's an ingenious plotter, planner and puzzle solver. Her much loved fictional sleuth, Dr Tony Hill, is a psychological profiler and no slouch when it comes to the analysis of other human beings. So, what's his secret and what role does research play in Val's fiction? How does she earn and keep reader trust? What happened when 10,000 people signed up for her online forensics course? This is sure to be a killer end to Impact 2018.

Interviewer: Martin Lee, co-founder and strategist, Acacia Avenue

&more members can attend this session for free, plus the conference closing drinks.

Venue

Grange Hotel Tower Bridge
15 Prescot Street,London,E1 8GP


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