Forensics and Fiction: Clever, Intriguing, and Downright Odd Questions From Crime Writers is a fascinating of collection of medical and forensic story questions from crime writers with clear, concise, and often humorous answers by D. P. Lyle, MD.
“Fascinating...precise and clearly stated. Dr. Lyle has an unerring ability to diagnose what it is writers need to know.” -- Jan Burke. Edgar Award-winning author of the Irene Kelly series
“Every crime-fiction author’s best friend...as essential to my library as my Strunk and White.” -- Hallie Ephron, author of Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel
“Terrific...will jump start your imagination about all kinds of ingenious crimes, crime-solving techniques, and plot twists.” -- Matt Witten, Supervising Producer for Fox TV’s House
D. P. Lyle, MD is the Macavity Award winning and Edgar® Award nominated author of the non-fiction books, Murder and Mayhem and Forensics For Dummies, and the thrillers, Devil’s Playground and Double Blind. His next two books are: Forensics and Fiction, due August, 2007 from St. Martins/Thomas Dunne, and The Book of Forensics, a part of the Howdunnit series from Writers Digest Books, due May, 2008. He has worked with many novelists and with the writers of popular television shows such as Law & Order, CSI: Miami, Diagnosis Murder, Monk, Judging Amy, Peacemakers, Cold Case, House, Medium, and 1-800-Missing.
