Writing Tips, Workshops, and Inspiration from Bestselling Authors

Join Kathleen Antrim and DP Lyle for a conversation with author Todd Brown on the Outlier's YouTube Channel and the Outliers Podcast Series Author Todd Brown Todd Brown is the author of When Shadows Burn (2025), a Southern Gothic thriller that received a starred BookLife/Publishers Weekly review, was shortlisted for the Eric Hoffer Grand Prize, named an Eric Hoffer First Horizons finalist and Honorable Mention for Best Commercial Fiction, and was a Next Generation Indie Book

Join Kathleen Antrim and DP Lyle for a conversation with Outliers Instructor and Best-selling Author Hank Phillippi Ryan on the Outlier's YouTube Channel and the Outliers Podcast Series Best-selling Author Hank Phillippi Ryan 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

Author Andrew Bridgeman New on the Outliers YouTube Channel and Podcast Series: GET TO KNOW Author Andrew Bridgeman Join Kathleen Antrim and DP Lyle for a conversation with best-selling author Andrew Bridgeman on the Outlier's YouTube Channel and the Outliers Podcast Series Andrew Bridgeman is the internationally published author of the Emma Noble thriller series, with editions in Germany and Hungary. A former rugby player, jazz singer, and entrepreneur, he is a graduate of D

Join Kathleen Antrim and DP Lyle for a conversation with Strand Magazine Editor Andrew Gulli on the Outlier's YouTube Channel and the Outliers Podcast Series WATCH: Outliers YouTube Channel: GET TO KNOW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyTL34LGvn0 LISTEN: Outliers Podcast Series On Your Favorite Outlet: https://www.outlierswritinguniversity.com/shows

Join Kathleen Antrim and DP Lyle for a conversation with best-selling author Steven Harms on the Outlier's YouTube Channel and the Outliers Podcast Series WATCH: Outliers YouTube Channel: GET TO KNOW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcdQMILnAEY LISTEN: Outliers Podcast Series On Your Favorite Outlet: https://www.outlierswritinguniversity.com/shows Steve Harms is a retired professional sports business executive with a career spanning over thirty years across the NBA, NFL, and

Join Kathleen Antrim and DP Lyle for a conversation with best-selling author JT Ellison on the Outlier's YouTube Channel and the Outliers Podcast Series WATCH: Outliers YouTube Channel: GET TO KNOW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DS8F1oeiH4M LISTEN: Outliers Podcast Series On Your Favorite Outlet: https://www.outlierswritinguniversity.com/shows Best-selling author JT Ellison J.T. Ellison is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than 35 psychological thr

Join Kathleen Antrim and DP Lyle for a conversation with Best-selling Author Lynne Constantine on the Outlier's YouTube Channel and the Outliers Podcast Series WATCH: Outliers YouTube Channel: GET TO KNOW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh_A2h6EBQs LISTEN: Outliers Podcast Series On Your Favorite Outlet: https://www.outlierswritinguniversity.com/shows Best-selling Author Lynne Constantine Lynne Constantine is an Edgar Award–nominated and Silver Falchion Award–winning, New Yo

Join Kathleen Antrim and DP Lyle for a conversation with renowned editor Neil Nyren on the Outlier's YouTube Channel and the Outliers Podcast Series. 📺 WATCH: Get to Know on Outliers YouTube Channel 🎧 LISTEN: Outliers Podcast Series On Your Favorite Outlet Neil Nyren is the former EVP, associate publisher, and editor in chief of G.P. Putnam's Sons; and the winner of the 2017 Ellery Queen Award from the Mystery Writers of America and the 2025 Thriller Legend award from the I

Join DP Lyle for a conversation with best-selling author Ryan Pote on the Outlier's YouTube Channel and the Outliers Podcast Series. 📺 WATCH: Get to Know on Outliers YouTube Channel 🎧 LISTEN: Outliers Podcast Series On Your Favorite Outlet 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 through

Join Kathleen Antrim and DP Lyle for a conversation with best-selling author and screenwriter George Pelecanos on the Outlier's YouTube Channel and the Outliers Podcast Series 📺 WATCH: Get to Know on Outliers YouTube Channel 🎧 LISTEN: Outliers Podcast Series On Your Favorite Outlet George Pelecanos is the bestselling author of twenty-three novels and story collections set in and around Washington, D.C. He was a writer and producer on HBO’s The Wire, The Pacific, Treme, The

Join Kathleen Antrim and DP Lyle for a conversation with best-selling author Elizabeth Little on the Outlier's YouTube Channel and the Outliers Podcast Series. 📺 WATCH: Get to Know on Outliers YouTube Channel 🎧 LISTEN: Outliers Podcast Series On Your Favorite Outlet Elizabeth Little is the author of Dear Daughter and Pretty as a Picture, critically acclaimed thrillers that established her as a singular voice in contemporary crime fiction. Her work has been praised by the Ne

Join Kathleen Antrim and DP Lyle for a conversation with best-selling author Lisa Scottoline on the Outlier's YouTube Channel and the Outliers Podcast Series. 📺 WATCH: Get to Know on Outliers YouTube Channel 🎧 LISTEN: Outliers Podcast Series On Your Favorite Outlet Lisa Scottoline is the #1 bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author of 38 novels. She is the President of Mystery Writers of America and has been named a Thriller Master by International Thriller Writers. A form

Join Kathleen Antrim and DP Lyle for a conversation with best-selling author Miranda Smith on the Outlier's YouTube Channel and the Outliers Podcast Series. 📺 WATCH: Get to Know on Outliers YouTube Channel 🎧 LISTEN: Outliers Podcast Series On Your Favorite Outlet Miranda Smith writes psychological and domestic suspense novels. Her latest novel, SCARY MOVIE NIGHT, releases in July 2026. Two of her titles, NOT MY MOTHER and HIS LOVING WIFE, have been published in Poland. NOT

Join Kathleen Antrim and DP Lyle for a conversation with best-selling authors Meredith Lavender and Kendall Shores on the Outlier's YouTube Channel and the Podcast Series where we chat about their latest book—PERFECT LIFE. 📺 WATCH: Get to Know on Outliers YouTube Channel 🎧 LISTEN: Outliers Podcast Series On Your Favorite Outlet Meredith Lavender has spent more than two decades working as a television writer and an executive producer. Most recently, she served as showrunner

Join Kathleen Antrim and DP Lyle for a conversation with best-selling author, screenwriter, and Outlier Matt Witten.

Join Kathleen Antrim and DP Lyle for a conversation with author and Outlier Instructor Ande Pliego on the Outlier's YouTube Channel and Podcast Series. 📺 WATCH: Get to Know on Outliers YouTube Channel 🎧 LISTEN: Outliers Podcast Series On Your Favorite Outlet Ande Pliego began writing stories when she discovered she could actually wield her overactive imagination for good. A lover of stories with teeth, she writes books involving mind games, dark humor, general murder and ma

Join Kathleen Antrim and DP Lyle for a conversation with author John Dingle on the Outlier's YouTube Channel and Podcast Series. 📺 WATCH: Get to Know on Outliers YouTube Channel 🎧 LISTEN: Outliers Podcast Series On Your Favorite Outlet R. John Dingle lives and writes from a restored 200 year-old house, on a small island in Mid-Coast Maine. The often-haunting themes of the rocky coast, as well as a lifetime of experiences in and around New England’s small towns, farms, and c

Join Outliers GET TO KNOW hosts DP Lyle and Kathleen Antrim for a fun conversation with Best-selling Author Jonathan Santlofer. 📺 WATCH: Get to Know on Outliers YouTube Channel 🎧 LISTEN: Outliers Podcast Series On Your Favorite Outlet Jonathan Santlofer is an author and artist. His newest novel The Last Mona Lisa will be published by Sourcebook Landmark on August 17, 2021. He is the author of the memoir The Widower’s Notebook, the international bestselling novel, The Death

Join Outliers GET TO KNOW hosts DP Lyle and Kathleen Antrim for a fun conversation with bestselling author and Killer Nashville founder Clay Stafford. 📺 WATCH: Get to Know on Outliers YouTube Channel 🎧 LISTEN: Outliers Podcast Series On Your Favorite Outlet Clay Stafford has had an eclectic career as an author, filmmaker, story and creative consultant, actor, composer, educator, public speaker and business leader. He has sold nearly four million copies of his works in over

Welcome to another episode of "Get to Know," hosted by DP Lyle and Kathleen Antrim! In this amazing interview, we sit down with bestselling author Kaira Rouda . 📺 WATCH: Get to Know on Outliers YouTube Channel 🎧 LISTEN: Outliers Podcast Series On Your Favorite Outlet Join us for a class taught by Kaira Rouda! Unreliable Narrators and Twisted Truths: Creating Characters Readers Love to Hate Tuesday, June 16 at 4pm PT / 7pm EST Kaira Rouda is an award–winning USA TODAY and A