​The School for the Creative Industries is pleased to announce a new series of talks by professional writers.

Throughout the series you’ll learn about:

• completing a manuscript and submitting it;
• literary agents;
• publishers;
• book, television, and radio contracts;
• promotion and publicity;
• public engagement activities;
• and writing-related employment, including freelancing and teaching​

Mary Torjussen

Author of the bestselling psychological suspense novels Gone Without a Trace (TV option
bought by Ecosse Films), The Girl I Used to Be, and The Closer You Get. Has been on guest
panels at CrimeFest in Bristol, ThrillerFest in New York, Bouchercon in Toronto, and Iceland Noir
in Reykjavík. Former MA Creative Writing student at Liverpool John Moores University. Works as
a freelance copy-editor for Jericho Writers.