title: The Power of Truth: Creating Characters who are Detectives, Secret Keepers, Skeptics and More: Volume 1 in the Emotional Toolbox series for writers
author:  Laurie Hutzler 
description: LAURIE H. HUTZLER has worked as a story and character consultant to the BBC, Channel 4, ITV, talkbackTHAMES, Mersey Television/Lime Pictures and Aardman Animation Studio (UK), for Pixar University, Disney and Dreamworks (US), Endemol Netherlands (NL), RTL, Weidemann Berg and Grudy UFA (Germany), GloboMedia (Spain) and TNT (Russia) among others. She has been a consultant for Endemol and for FremantleMedia across a variety of scripted and entertainment formats in the UK, Europe and Australia. She was a staff writer and story consultant on Oscar-winner Paul Haggis NBC series, The Black Donnellys. She also worked as a consultant with Haggis on his films: In the Valley of Elah and Quantum of Solace. She consulted on two Oscar-winning foreign language films; as a story advisor on Tsotsi (South Africa) and on The Counterfeiter (Austria), as an eQuinoxe script advisor. Laurie taught screenwriting in the MFA program at the UCLA Film School for 10 years, and was an Artist-in-Residence in Television and Digital Entertainment at SMU in Dallas. She has taught for the Royal Literary Fund in Cambridge, England; The Sorbonne in Paris, France; Royal Holloway College, University of London, London England; DFFB film school in Berlin, Germany and IFS film school in Cologne, Germany.
zlib_text: PRAISE FOR JANICE CANTORE
  
  
  “This is the start of a smart new series for retired police
  officer–turned–author Cantore. Interesting procedural details, multilayered
  characters, lots of action, and intertwined mysteries offer plenty of appeal.”
  
  
  > BOOKLIST on Drawing Fire
  
  
  “Cantore’s well-drawn characters employ Christian values and spirituality to
  navigate them through tragedy, challenges, and loss. However, layered upon the
  underlying basis of faith is a riveting police-crime drama infused with
  ratcheting suspense and surprising plot twists.”
  
  
  > SHELF AWARENESS on Drawing Fire
  
  
  “Drawing Fire rips into the heart of every reader. One dedicated homicide
  detective. One poignant cold case. One struggle for truth. . . . Or is the
  pursuit revenge?”
  
  
  > DIANN MILLS, bestselling author of the FBI: Houston series
  
  
  “This hard-edged and chilling narrative rings with authenticity. . . . Fans of
  police suspense fiction will be drawn in by her accurate and dramatic
  portrayal.”
  
  
  > LIBRARY JOURNA