Learn about crime, thriller and mystery editing with Louise Harnby, an experienced fiction editor who specialises in the genre, and who’s helped indie authors and fiction editors hone their line craft with her book Editing Fiction at Sentence Level. This session caters to both those considering offering the genre as a new specialism and practitioners who are already offering it but want to develop their knowledge.
Join us on Tuesday 27 August as we hear from Louise Harnby about how to develop a genre mindset and foster an emotional connection with crime, thriller and mystery writers and their prose.
This webinar will explore what’s distinctive about crime, mystery and thriller editing, considers the scope of its subgenres, and provides an overview of some of the historical influences and modern movements that enrich the field, and that every editor should understand in order to make sense of the genre.
The session will also provide participants with actionable advice on:
The webinar will be recorded and the recording will be made available to CIEP members via the Knowledge hub.
Louise Harnby (she/her) is a professional fiction editor with over 30 years’ publishing experience, and specialises in working with independent crime, mystery and thriller writers.
She’s an Advanced Professional Member of the CIEP, a Member of ACES (Society of Editors), and a Partner Member of the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi). She also cohosts The Editing Podcast with Denise Cowle.
Louise is the author of 12 books on fiction editing and editorial business development, including Editing Fiction at Sentence Level, and the creator of 16 self-paced fiction editing and editorial business development courses.
She has spoken multiple international editing conferences, including being a keynote speaker at the Editorial Freelancers Association convention in Chicago (2019), and has been shortlisted for/won several awards including the UK Blog Awards (finalist, 2018), Content Marketing Academy Awards (finalist, Podcast of the Year, 2019), Content Marketing Academy Awards (winner, Blog of the Year, 2019), the Judith Butcher Award (winner, SfEP, 2017), and the Karen Virag Award (nominee, Editors Canada, 2017).
She was a finalist in the Noirwich Crime Writing Festival flash fiction competition (2018), the Bookseller/FutureBook Future Fiction short-story competition (2018), and the Crime Writers' Association's Margery Allingham short-mystery competition (2019).