One of our own, Michael Brandt, will be detailing information useful for many writers

Michael Brandt is an award-winning short story crime fiction writer and an extreme adventurer.  He has run marathons and mountain climbed on the seven continents and traveled to the four-corners of the world.

He is a decorated retired LAPD homicide detective of 29 years who writes short stories and destination travel articles for magazines and newspapers. His professional career includes writing manuals, training material, and curriculum development for a national anti-fraud investigators academy. He has been a guest speaker numerous times at health care anti-fraud conferences across the nation and multi-state writer’s clubs. He holds a degree in Political Science from San Francisco State and attended grad school at USC.

Michael will be speaking about the differences between real-life police work and TV shows’ perception of police work.

You may visit his website (MHBrandt.wordpress.com) or contact him via email (MHBrandt119@yahoo.com).