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Join host DP Lyle MD for a fun chat with Former Police Officer, Paramedic, and Author David L. Williams about Interrogation techniques 📺 WATCH: Criminal Mischief on Outliers YouTube Channel 🎧 LISTEN: Outliers Podcast Series On Your Favorite Outlet David Lane Williams is a veteran paramedic and police officer whose assignments have included helicopter rescue, tactical medic, mental health liaison, and Special Investigations Unit detective. Twice named Officer of the Year by

We're thrilled to celebrate two of our incredible Outliers Writing University instructors, Hank Phillippi Ryan and James L'Etoile, who have both been nominated for the 2026 Macavity Award for Best Mystery Novel! Hank earned her nomination for All This Could Be Yours, while James was recognized for River of Lies—an outstanding achievement in one of mystery fiction's most respected awards. Presented annually by Mystery Readers International, the Macavity Awards honor excellence

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.

If the thought of creating Instagram Reels makes you want to close the app and pretend it doesn’t exist, I have good news: you don’t need to dance, lip-sync, or become a video editing expert to make Reels work for you (unless you want to, of course). In fact, some of the best-performing Reels for writers are the simplest ones. Here are a few easy ideas to get you started: 1. Show Your Writing Life Readers love seeing what happens behind the scenes. Film a few seconds of: Your

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 host DP Lyle MD for a fun discussion of one of the most common questions he receives from crime writers: Is there a drug that will cause a heart attacK? 📺 WATCH: Criminal Mischief on Outliers YouTube Channel 🎧 LISTEN: Outliers Podcast Series On Your Favorite Outlet