This presentation discusses some plants and animals that can cause death or harm to characters, where they can be found, and how a writer can use them in their novel. It includes how long it takes for symptoms to appear, which symptoms require treatment, and some interesting facts about these plants or animals.
Bio
Lee-Anne Hancock worked as an Emergency Nurse (RN) and then spent 26 years as a Certified Specialist in Poison Information before retiring. She brings her expertise to writers in this presentation. Her first book, 25 Ways to Commit Murder Accurately Volume 1: Plants', is her first published book in a 4-part nonfiction series for writers. Her second book in the series is 20 Ways to Commit Murder Accurately Volume 2: Animals. Hopefully, published by Christmas. She will follow with death by Pharmaceuticals, and finally with Street Drugs.
She lives with her husband and Australian Shepherd in Surrey, B.C.