Crafting The Perfect Characters With J. T. Ellison | Story Craft Cafe Episode 21

<p>J.T. Ellison is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than 25 critically acclaimed novels, including her standalone thrillers <a href='https://www.jtellison.com/her-dark-lies'>HER DARK LIES</a>,<a href='https://www.jtellison.com/good-girls-lie'> GOOD GIRLS LIE</a>, <a href='https://www.jtellison.com/tear-me-apart/'>TEAR ME APART</a>, <a href='https://www.jtellison.com/lie-to-me'>LIE TO ME</a>, and <a href='https://www.jtellison.com/no-one-knows'>NO ONE KNOWS</a>; the Lt. Taylor Jackson series, beginning with <a href='https://www.jtellison.com/all-the-pretty-girls-1'>ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS</a>; the Dr. Samantha Owens series, starting with <a href='https://www.jtellison.com/dr-samantha-owens-series-2'>A DEEPER DARKNESS</a>; and coauthored the "A Brit in the FBI" series with #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter. J.T. is also the EMMY® Award-winning co-host of the television series <a href='https://www.jtellison.com/a-word-on-words'>A Word on Words</a>, and co-writes urban fantasy under the pen name <a href='https://www.josswalker.com/'>Joss Walker</a>.</p> <p>With millions of books in print, J.T.’s work has been published in 28 countries and 16 languages. Her novel <a href='https://www.jtellison.com/the-cold-room-1'>THE COLD ROOM</a> won the ITW Thriller Award for Best Paperback Original. Her novels <a href='https://www.jtellison.com/field-of-graves'>FIELD OF GRAVES</a> and <a href='https://www.jtellison.com/where-all-the-dead-lie'>WHERE ALL THE DEAD LIE</a> were each a RITA® nominee for Best Romantic Suspense. She is also the author of multiple <a href='https://www.twotalespress.com/'>short stories</a>, and the co-author of the urban fantasy series Jayne Thorne, CIA Librarian, with <a href='https://www.rlperez.com/'>R.L. Perez</a>.</p> <p>J.T. grew up in the foothills of Colorado, and moved to McLean, Virginia during high school. After graduating from Randolph-Macon Woman's College and receiving her master's degree from The George Washington University Graduate School of Pol