David Lane Williams is a paramedic and police officer veteran with assignments including patrol in high-need areas, helicopter rescue, pre-hospital advanced life support, mental health liaison, and Special Investigations Unit detective. During his thirty-year career, Williams was twice named Officer of the Year by the Fraternal Order of Police, and he has been recognized by the Rotary Club, the American Legion, and the National Sexual Violence Resource Center for his work with families and children in crisis.

Williams is a monthly columnist with Killer Nashville Magazine. He teaches criminology at the University of Arkansas, and he is a bestselling author on topics related to violence prevention and victimology. He is the author of Carousel Grift, a dark comedy about a Texas amusement park owner who has been arguing with her dead adoptive father for the last thirty years, unable to fall in love or repair the relationship with her estranged daughter until she can learn to forgive the old man...and herself. Williams grew up in the Texas Hill Country. He and his family have settled in the Ozark Mountains, where they offer a haven for donkeys and horses who previously endured a rough life.

David Lane Williams

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Outliers Get to Know host Tracey Devlyn sits down with author Kate Belli to chat about her chilling new psychological thriller—THE GALLERY ASSISTANT.

A lost night. A murdered artist. A woman on the edge of the truth.

Still reeling from 9/11, Chloe Harlow wakes up with hazy memories of a party and learns the host, a rising painter, is dead. Caught between the glittering art world and a haunting mystery, Chloe must retrace her steps to uncover a truth more dangerous than she imagined.

KATE BELLI writes thrillers and mysteries. She holds a PhD in art history, and is a gallery director and faculty member at a liberal arts college. She lives and works in Central Pennsylvania with her husband and son. When not writing, Kate satisfies her wanderlust by traveling with her family as often as possible, touring museums and sampling local food. She is also an avid runner, having completed several marathons, and a yoga teacher. https://KateBelli.com

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Join Terry Shepherd and Jennifer Dornbush in the Outliers Studio at Bouchercon 2025 in New Orleans for a chat with best-selling author and Outlier Boyd Morrison

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Charles Lutz received a BA in Political Science at Penn State University-1967

Army Intelligence Officer through its ROTC program and served in Vietnam—six months Awarded the Bronze Star Medal.

In 1970, Special Agent with the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs

In 1978 reassigned to DEA HQS

1979 promoted to the Narcotics Attaché position in Cairo, Egypt.

In 1981 returned to DEA headquarters and volunteered to go to Ft. Lauderdale for Florida Joint Task Force. Involved in second largest seizure of cocaine in Broward County history

1986-promoted to Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge at Miami and placed in charge of DEA’s Caribbean operations to disrupt the Colombian cartel’s smuggling operations

Operation Snowcap in South America targeting clandestine laboratories producing the coca base needed by the Colombian cartels for their cocaine labs.

?1990-Appointed Deputy Chief of International Operations

1998- returned to Washington and managed DEA’s Operations Division budget, and the HQS Command Center,

Set up a new organization within the DOJ— Counterdrug Executive Secretariat, to improve coordination, cooperation and information sharing among federal drug agencies

9-11 struck—retired from the DEA, appointed the Federal Security Director at Orlando International Airport.

Then hired by the Department of State as Program Manager / Counterterrorism Advisor to the Government of the Philippines.

After retirement from full-time employment, Lutz became a private investigator,

Carter Wilson is the USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of ten psychological thrillers known for their intense emotion, tight pacing, and haunting twists. His books have received starred reviews from every major trade publication, have been optioned for film and television, and his 2025 novel Tell Me What You Did was selected as a national monthly pick by Barnes & Noble. In addition to his fiction, Carter is the creator and host of Making It Up, a podcast featuring unscripted, revealing conversations with fellow writers about the creative process. He is also the founder of Unbound Writer, a company devoted to helping writers find their voice through coaching, immersive retreats, and online classes. Find him at www.carterwilson.com

Outliers Get to Know host Tracey Devlyn welcomes debut author Angela Shupe to discuss IN THE LIGHT OF THE SUN—a powerful WWII novel of music, resistance, and the enduring bonds of sisterhood.

Two sisters. Two countries. One war.

Separated by oceans and a global conflict, Caramina and Rosa Grassi must each discover how far they’ll go—and what they’ll sacrifice—for love, truth, and survival.

“Hauntingly beautiful… shines a light on wartime in the Philippines and Italy… a riveting, unforgettable must-read novel.” —Sharon Kurtzman, author of The Lost Baker of Vienna

Born and raised in Michigan, ANGELA SHUPE is an award-winning author whose essays and short stories have been published in various journals and magazines. In the Light of the Sun is her debut novel. https://angelamshupe.com

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Best-selling Author Lisa Jewell entered the Outliers Studio at Bouchercon 2025 in New Orleans for a lively chat with Terry Shepherd and Jennifer Dornbush.

Lisa Jewell is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-three novels, including Don’t Let Him In, None of This Is True, The Family Upstairs, and Then She Was Gone, as well as Invisible Girl and Watching You. Her novels have sold more than fifteen million copies internationally, and her work has also been translated into over thirty languages. Connect with her on X @LisaJewellUK, on Instagram @LisaJewellUK, and on Facebook @LisaJewellOfficial.

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: PSYCH TALK with Forensic Psychologist Dr. Katherine Ramsland

I like to include a unique forensic method in each novel in my crime series, The Nut Cracker Investigations, that will offer readers something they might not have heard of before. While I was writing the fourth book, You Can’t Hide, I participated in a week-long forensic art course called “Drawing to Depict the Deceased for Identification.” In other words, putting a face on unidentified human remains. I describe it here as part of my plot.

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