Making your biography a novel
Making your biography a novel summary.
by Lis Wiehl
I’m the daughter of an FBI agent.
Making your biography a novel for kids
I’ve been a federal prosecutor. I was a television reporter for fifteen years. So, when I dreamed up the women for my Triple Threat thriller series, it was natural to make them a TV reporter, an FBI agent, and a Federal Prosecutor.
Having lived all of their lives in the real world, I could put those lives on the fictional page. The adage “write what you know” was never more true for me than when writing fiction.
True, my background is pretty fiction-worthy.
But what do you know? Everyone has experiences and knowledge that are special or unique.
Making your biography a novel
What’s normal to you could be fascinating to others. In more ways than you might think.
Embrace your real-life experience
Whether going after bad guys or reporting on the crimes of others, I use what I know – from experience – to inform and enhance my fiction.
What seems like everyday fare to me is a whole new inside world to people who have been around law enforcement from the time they we