Write About Now

Elizabeth George Reveals the Makings of a Captivating Mystery Novel


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Writing a good whodunit can be a bit of a mystery, but master crime novelist Elizabeth George has figured it out. Elizabeth has spent more than three decades delighting audiences with her Inspector Lynley crime novel series. This week the author joins Jon to talk about the captivating genre and her brand new book, Something to Hide. On the pod, she talks about becoming a mystery author after a career as a public school teacher and how she drummed up her BBC-adapted crime series. Elizabeth shares how she came up with the people in her books, as well as her useful strategy for coming up with complex characters. As a U.S.-based author, she also discusses why she decided to write novels based in the U.K., and how to write about cultures different from your own.

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