Join SDWF host Anastasia Hipkins and listen in on a conversation between Lee Child, Laurie R. King, Neil Nyren, and Frankie Y. Bailey about How to Write a Mystery, based on the new handbook of the same name from Mystery Writers of America. Edited by...
Producer and screenwriter, Carlos de los Rios hosts an honest conversation about the state of movies and television with a panel of professional producers and writers, including Los Angeles movie and television producer, Lee Caplin (producer of Columbia Pictures’ Ali,...
Join festival co-founder and host of The Premise podcast, Jeniffer Thompson, as she moderates this lively discussion about secrets and questions, pacing and plot twists, riveting yet relatable characters, and chapter-ending hooks that force your hand to turn “just one...
Award-winning NYT bestselling author, 2021 Guggenheim Fellow, and Festival Keynote Tayari Jones discusses her unique approach to the craft of writing with festival co-founder Marni Freedman, followed by the presentation of the 2021 SDWF Writer of the Year Award. A...
Following their much-loved appearance during the 2020 Summer Festival Days, acclaimed journalist Dean Nelson and bestselling author Rabbi Steve Leder join us again in 2021 for a conversation about life, death, grief, and The Beauty of What Remains, an inspiring book...
