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Laura Hetzel

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Milwaukee, The United States

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Suspense, Fiction

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Gillian Flynn, Lisa Gardner, Riley Sager

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Laura Hetzel’s debut novel, Its Own Defense, was published in April, 2013, and has been the subject of newspaper articles in both the Washington/Ozaukee County Daily News and The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Hetzel has been published in various literary magazines and has won academic and editorial awards. Hetzel has led seminars on writing and poetry for the Kettle Moraine Writers’ Conference and appeared on their Writers’ Panel. Hetzel currently resides in southeast Wisconsin. She is the author of the Berlin Evers Series: Its Own Defense, Ripples and What the Darkness Fears. Other novels include Breakwall, Neon Neverland, and Wisteria, a southern gothic novel of voodoo and haunted manors in the deep south. Her newest book, Persona, is a col ...more

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Laura Hetzel I usually write from an outline, and if there is a part of the book that I either know I'm going to have a difficult time with (like chapter 16 in "It…moreI usually write from an outline, and if there is a part of the book that I either know I'm going to have a difficult time with (like chapter 16 in "Its Own Defense"), or that I'm not sure how I'm going to write, I move on to a part of the outline I feel more comfortable with. My outlines are littered with post-it notes and loose pages that I add in, and I don't always write sequentially. The most difficult part is almost always the first sentence, and I've learned to get something, anything, down on paper and move on. You can always change it in the rewrite.(less)

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Laura Hetzel The best thing about being a writer is hearing that you've helped someone else. I love hearing that readers stayed up all night to finish "Its Own Def…moreThe best thing about being a writer is hearing that you've helped someone else. I love hearing that readers stayed up all night to finish "Its Own Defense," or that they burned out their Kindle battery and couldn't wait to recharge it. I love hearing that readers couldn't put the book down. Mostly though, it's been the many people that have come to me with personal stories and said, "You got that exactly right." "I'm so happy someone understands." "Thank you for writing this." Those are the comments that have meant the most to me and that encourage me to keep writing.(less)

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Average rating: 4.64 · 14 ratings · 11 reviews · 8 distinct works

	Its Own Defense (Berlin Evers Series Book 1) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ripples: A Berlin Evers Novel it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Breakwall it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Neon Neverland it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What the Darkness Fears: A Berlin Evers Novel (Berlin Evers Series) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wisteria it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What The Darkness Fears: Special Edition (Berlin Evers Series Book 4) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Persona: Collected Works 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Its Own Defense

Berlin Evers is Clarion County's victim/witness advocate and she sees the effects of domestic violence on a daily basis. What no one knows is her personal history of abuse, filled with dark secrets and shocking trauma. When she sees victims try and fail to leave abusive relationships, she takes it very personally.
Brian Malloy hasn't been a detective in Clarion for long when he begins to suspect a Read more of this blog post »

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