May 20, 2023, 1:30 pm
Presenter: Leonard Krishtalka
Novel Writing: Excavating Layers of the Human Condition
This presentation will take place at the
Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont, lower level.
All members are welcome to attend this presentation in person.
The presentation will also be broadcast via Zoom.
Presenter: Leonard Krishtalka
Novel Writing: Excavating Layers of the Human Condition
This presentation will take place at the
Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont, lower level.
All members are welcome to attend this presentation in person.
The presentation will also be broadcast via Zoom.
Novels, no matter the genre, should tell a story that excavates the layers of the human condition. Many of those layers are conflicting and controversial. Many might prefer them to remain hidden. I write murder mysteries to excavate those layers. Three of my novels, in the Harry Przewalski series, feature a private detective who unearths the dirty underbelly of people’s lives, revealing love, loss, betrayal, treachery, fraud and murder buried beneath the art and science of petrified shards, skin and bones. My most recent novel, The Body on the Bed, is a historical fiction about a diabolical murder and sensational trial in 1871 that occurred amid the social upheaval of post-Civil War Lawrence, Kansas and the struggle for women’s independence and rights.
Leonard Krishtalka is the author of award-winning essays, the acclaimed book, Dinosaur Plots, and The Harry Przewalski Series. As a paleontologist, he has worked throughout the fossil-rich badlands of the American west, Canada, Patagonia, China, Ethiopia, and Kenya. Coming soon: “The Body on the Bed,” an historical murder mystery.
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