Writing the Kick-Ass Female African-American Detective with Tracy Clark

In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with award-winning Chicago based author Tracy Clark about how to create a kick-ass protagonist, in her case, a female African-American detective turned private investigator.

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Tracy Clark is the Sue Grafton Memorial Award-winning author of the highly acclaimed Chicago Mystery Series featuring ex-homicide cop turned PI Cassandra Raines, a hard-driving, African-American protagonist who works the mean streets of the Windy City dodging cops, cons, killers, and thugs. She received Anthony Award and Lefty Award nominations for her series debut, Broken Places, which was also shortlisted for the American Library Association’s RUSA Reading List, named a CrimeReads Best New PI Book of 2018, a Midwest Connections Pick, and a Library Journal Best Books of the Year.