Free Writers' Workshop on Poisons and Audio Interview

Choose your poison.

The Missouri Romance Writers of America and the Greater St. Louis Chapter of Sisters in Crime are sponsoring an evening with "The Poison Lady" Lucy H. Zahray. Ms. Zahray is a registered pharmacist with a master's in toxicology from Texas A&M University.

Her class, Behold, Here Poison, talks about poisons and poison detection from a writer's perspective. The session discusses types of poison, doses, methods of exposing victims, and the physical symptoms.

Date: Tuesday, October 23
Time: 6:30 - 9:30
Location: Barnes and Noble at 9618 Watson Rd, Sappington, MO. 314-843-9480
Cost: Free

Audio Interview On Poisons:
The pamphlet on the workshop also recommend you check out NPR's interview with John Emsley, author of The Elements of Murder: A History of Poison. So if you can't make the conference, listen to the interview.

Sisters in Crime's Forensic University of St. Louis: 50 Ways to Catch a Killer

Sisters in Crime is hosting a writing workshop called the Forensic University of St. Louis at the Hilton St. Louis Airport November 1-4, 2007.

The postmark deadline is September 15, 2007.
Fee: $250 for Sisters in Crime member
$290 for non-members (includes a year membership in Sisters in Crime)

After September 15 (subject to space)
Fee: $300 Walk-in Sisters in Crime member
$340 Walk-in non-members (includes a year membership in Sisters in Crime)

Examples of Workshops:
The ABC's of Forensic Science
Poisons: Basics of Toxicology
DNA 101
Forensic Anthropology: Finding and Recovering Remains
The CSI Effect: Forensic Science and the Courts
Interviews and Interrogation
Firearms

And many more.... So learn how to kill them softly in your books - or at least using correct forensic science techniques.