Plot Twists & Sleight of Hand:
Writing the Unexpected

Get ready for a meeting of delightful deception and masterful misdirection with Agatha Award-winning author Daryl Wood Gerber, as she reveals the secrets to keeping readers of any genre on their toes. Known for her bestselling cozy mysteries and suspense novels—including the Fairy Garden Mysteries, Cookbook Nook Mysteries, and Aspen Adams thrillers—Daryl knows how to craft twists that surprise and endings that satisfy. Drawing from her background as a screenwriter, actress, and creator of the TV sitcom Out of This World, Daryl brings her trademark wit, creativity, and storytelling flair to this engaging presentation on how to surprise your readers—and keep them turning pages long into the night.

Bio

Daryl Wood Gerber is the Agatha Award-winning, nationally bestselling author of the Literary Dining Mysteries, featuring a book-loving caterer in fictional Bramblewood, North Carolina, who fashions parties around classic books; the Aroma Wellness Mysteries, featuring a spa, café, and gift shop owner in Carmel, California; the Fairy Garden Mysteries, featuring a fairy garden storeowner, also in Carmel, California; as well as the Cookbook Nook Mysteries featuring an admitted foodie and owner of a cookbook store in Crystal Cove, California. Under the pen name Avery Aames, Daryl writes the Cheese Shop Mysteries featuring a cheese shop owner in Providence, Ohio. In addition, Daryl writes the Aspen Adams novels of suspense, standalone suspense novels, and the occasional romance.

Prior to her career as a novelist, Daryl wrote screenplays and created the format for the popular TV sitcom Out of this World. A fun tidbit for mystery buffs, Daryl was also an actress and co-starred on Murder, She Wrote, as well as other TV shows. Daryl is originally from the Bay Area and graduated from Stanford University. She loves to cook, read, golf, swim, and garden. She also likes adventure and has been known to jump out of a perfectly good airplane.