Outliers Writing University Podcast Series

Outliers Get to Know host Tracey Devlyn sits down with award-winning author Terrence McCauley to discuss his riveting conspiracy-laced historical thriller—THE TWILIGHT TOWN.

A corrupt cop. A rising Fed. A name you didn’t expect: Oswald.

Set in 1963 Dallas, three cops—one dirty, one ambitious, one desperate—unwittingly spiral into a covert game of power and betrayal. Mob ties, political back channels, and the shadows of history coll...

Scott Urbach, a former CIA officer and global security executive turned author, brings a wealth of experience and insider knowledge to the pages of his debut novel Admit Nothing. In this espionage thriller, Scott introduces readers to CIA officer Grant Hunter, a protagonist whose assignments and missions mirror the author’s own career. 

The novel is a gripping tale of espionage, betrayal, and high-stakes geopolitical conflict. With...

John Gaspard

John is an award-winning author of the Eli Marks and Como Lake Players mystery series. He's a screenwriter, filmmaker, and director of six low-budget features. His recent books include the tenth installment of the Eli Marks series, "Twisting the Aces" (with Michael Varma) and “Held Over,” a retrospective of the movie “Harold and Maude” and its over two-year run at The Westgate Theater. He lives in Minneapolis with his ...

Join DP Lyle and Katherine Ramsland for an enlightening and chilling interview with Kathy Kleiner Rubin who survived Ted Bundy’s attack at the Chi Omega Sorority house at Florida State University. Her book, A Light in the Dark: Surviving More Than Ted Bundy, talks about her unbreakable will to survive this and other challenges.

Kathy Kleiner Rubin is a motivational speaker who specializes in survivor impact and is the author of A L...

Ande began writing stories when she discovered she could actually wield her overactive imagination for good. A lover of stories with teeth, she writes books involving mind games, dark humor, general murder and mayhem, and most importantly, finding the hope in the dark.

When not reading or writing, she can usually be found dabbling in art, scheming up her next trip, or making constant expeditions to the library. Born in Florida, rai...

Supervisory Special Agent, F.B.I. (Ret.) Mark Safarik was one of the most respected members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s elite Behavioral Analysis Unit, during which time he established himself as an internationally recognized expert in the analysis and interpretation of violent criminal behavior. Mr. Safarik’s law enforcement career spans over 30 years, during which time he worked in all levels of police work, from wor...

USA Today bestselling and award-winning author Kaira Rouda has written

more than twenty novels beloved by readers and acclaimed by critics, who’ve

called her books “chilling, satisfying suspense” (Good Housekeeping) and

“delightfully wicked fun” (Kirkus Reviews) that are “destined to fly off the

shelves” (Library Journal). She’s distinguished herself in the popular genre of

psychological suspense by constructing seemingly perfect l...

AFTER ESCOBAR is the gripping true story into the rise and ultimate takedown of what former DEA head Thomas Constantine called “the biggest and most powerful crime syndicate in history”, as told by the agents themselves. By the early 1990s, Colombia’s Cali cartel had become responsible for nearly 85% of the cocaine that reached U.S. soil and 90% worldwide. They were untouchable, earning billions of dollars all while maintaining the...

Outliers Get to Know host Tracey Devlyn sits down with debut author Travis Kennedy to talk about his outrageously fun, heart-thumping, satirical thriller—THE WHYTE PYTHON WORLD TOUR.

A dream gig. A secret mission. A Cold War about to blow its amp.

It’s 1986 and L.A. drummer Rikki Thunder is on the brink of stardom with Whyte Python—until the band’s rise hits a global nerve. What starts as a world tour becomes a mission of epic prop...

Meredith Lavender has spent more than two decades working as a television writer and an executive producer. Most recently, she served as showrunner and executive producer on Max’s The Flight Attendant, and she is currently in development on multiple projects with A&E, Paramount+, and more.

Kendall Shores’s career spans nearly seventeen years and runs the gamut from grant writing for a nonprofit museum in Orlando to communicatio...

New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Allison Brennan believes that life is too short to be bored, so she had five kids and writes three books a year. She lives with her family in Arizona where she enjoys hiking, baseball Spring Training, and (of course) reading. Best known for her long-running Lucy Kincaid FBI series, Allison is currently writing the Quinn & Costa thrillers (Make It Out Alive, Jan 2026) and Angel...

Outliers Get to Know host Tracey Devlyn sits down with New York Times bestselling author Liv Constantine to dive into her chilling new psychological thriller—DON’T OPEN YOUR EYES.

A perfect life. A haunting vision. A terrifying race to rewrite fate.

Annabelle Reynolds has it all—until her dreams begin revealing a horrifying future she can’t escape. As chilling details come true, every choice she makes could lead to tragedy. Is it d...

Outliers Get to Know host Tracey Devlyn sits down with crime fiction author Vikki Wakefield to talk about her atmospheric and gripping new thriller—THE BACKWATER.

A deadly fire. A fugitive teen. A journalist chasing the truth.

When nine people die in a trailer park fire, seventeen-year-old Sabine confesses and vanishes into the backwaters. Twelve years later, journalist Rachel Weidermann hunts for the truth—but what she finds could...

Liv Constantine is the pseudonym of Lynne Constantine, am  Edgar® Award nominated, New York Times and internationally bestselling author with more than two million copies sold worldwide.  She is the co-author of The Last Mrs. Parrish, a Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick, and her critically acclaimed books have been praised by the Washington Post, USA Today, the Sunday Times, People magazine, and Good Morning America, among many othe...

Sean Hagerty is a retired Special Operations Soldier with over 25 years of experience. He spent his younger years training and conducting combat operations with the 1st of the 75th Ranger Regiment. After nine years, in 2005, he was selected for and assigned to a Special Operations unit at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. There he spent sixteen years and finished his military career, retiring as a Sergeant Major. He received several awards a...

Drs. Katherine Ramsland and DP Lyle discuss weapons and their proper usage in crime fiction with expert Chris Grall and discuss his new book: TRIGGER GUARD, the weapons manual every crime and thriller writer needs. 

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Chris Grall is a retired US Special Forces team sergeant...

Tori Eldridge is the bestselling author of the Lily Wong mystery thriller series—The Ninja Daughter, The Ninja’s Blade, The Ninja Betrayed, and The Ninja’s Oath—as well as a two-time Anthony Award nominee, Lefty and Macavity Awards finalist, and winner of the 2021 Crimson Scribe Award for Best Book of the Year. She penned the standalone Dance Among The Flames and, on May 20, 2025, will introduce her new Ranger Makalani Pahukula Mys...

Outliers Get to Know guest host Tracey Devlyn sits down with New York Times bestselling author Andrea Bartz to discuss her chilling new thriller—THE LAST FERRY OUT.

A deserted island. A vanished friend. A truth more dangerous than she imagined.

When Abby returns to the tropical island where her fiancée died, she’s desperate for answers. But the deeper she digs, the more tangled the lies become—and someone will do anything to make s...