How to Write a Traditional Mystery
Presenter: Maggie King '72
Author of Hazel Rose Book Group Mysteries
Webinar Date: 05-12-2017
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How to Write a Traditional Mystery

Do you love reading a good mystery? Have you ever wondered how the writer creates the characters, the plot line and the suspense?

Perhaps you are bitten by the mystery bug and think you too can be a mystery writer. In this webinar, you will learn how to write a traditional mystery by:
- creating characters your readers will love;
- developing an appealing setting;
- planning your story;
- and creating suspense.
Maggie King '72
Maggie King '72 / Author of Hazel Rose Book Group Mysteries
Maggie King is the author of the Hazel Rose Book Group mysteries, including Murder at the Book Group and Murder at the Moonshine Inn. Her short stories, 'A Not So Genteel Murder' and 'Reunion in Shockoe Slip' appear in the Virginia is for Mysteries anthologies. 'Wine, Women, and Wrong' is included in 50 Shades of Cabernet: A Mysterious Anthology.

Maggie graduated from Elizabeth Seton College and earned a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Rochester Institute of Technology. She belongs to James River Writers, the American Association of University Women, and is a founding member of the Sisters in Crime Central Virginia chapter. She has worked as a software developer, retail sales manager, customer service supervisor, web designer, and non-profit administrator. Maggie has called New Jersey, Massachusetts, and California home. These days she lives in Richmond, Virginia with her husband Glen and cats Morris and Olive. All her jobs, schools, and residences have gifted her with story ideas for years to come.