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Cross Examination, Closing Argument and Credibility: How to Write Compelling Fiction
A Creative Writing Workshop with Donna Kelly
Donna Kathryn Kelly is the author of The Cheney Manning Series, a collection of suspense novels featuring a criminal defense attorney turned amateur sleuth who investigates homicide cases in the Fox River Valley area of northern Illinois. Kelly is an attorney who has practiced law for nearly three decades, primarily in the Illinois criminal justice system. Kelly is also the author of THE DESCENT: A Halloween Novel, a paranormal horror thriller, which was a semi-finalist in the 2023 Soon to be Famous Illinois Author Project Manuscript Contest. Her poetry has been published in various literary journals and anthologies such as Oakwood, North Dakota Quarterly, The MockingOwl Roost and Southern Arizona Press. You can find out more about her writings @donnakathrynkelly.com.