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Ralph Lagana is a sixth-grade reading specialist at Gideon Welles School in Glastonbury, Connecticut. As Ralph describes it, “It’s a single-grade building with a student population of around 525.” It’s also a school with an open-minded approach to teaching comics in the classroom.

—San Francisco Chronicle

Jaden Terrell

Jaden Terrell is the author of the Jared McKean mystery series and a contributor to NOW WRITE! MYSTERIES, a collection of writing exercises published by Tacher/Penguin. Terrell is the executive director of the Killer Nashville Thriller, Mystery, and Crime Literature Conference and a member of Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, Private Eye Writers of America, and Sisters in Crime.

A few weeks ago on Facebook, I saw author Brian Freeman mention that he was doing a book group event at a women’s prison, something he had done in the past. He mentioned that these readers asked some of the best questions that he has been asked when speaking with book groups.  Intrigued I asked this author of seven thrillers, the most recent of which is SPILLED BLOOD,  to share his thoughts on this experience with us.