This author's murder mystery reveals Washington's 'dirty secrets'

Before turning to fiction, Aggie Blum Thompson covered real-life crime as a newspaper reporter for a number of papers, including The Boston Globe and The Washington Post. She is the author of I Don't Forgive You and All the Dirty Secrets.In this episode, we talk about: The surge in interest in true crime.The cultural shock of moving to Washington, DC.Dealing with rejections.How she got her first agent.The sustainably of being a full-time other.Send us Fan MailSupport the show📬 JOIN THE NEWSLETTERThe Storyteller Quest is  a weekly letter on writing,publishing, and the business of books.Subscribe, and I'll send you Traditional, Self, or Hybrid? —11 pages on what each publishing path really costs, plus a7-question worksheet that tells you which one is yours.Subscribe here.