Roger Wood Talks With Lara Bricker on Writing

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Lara Bricker


 What does it take to become a published author? Is it education, passion, innate talent, hard work, or just luck?  InDepthNH associate producer Roger Wood talks with Exeter’s Laura Bricker about her writing journey.

Lara Bricker

Lara Bricker is an award-winning journalist, podcaster, former private investigator, certified cat detective and true crime author. She is one of four crime writers on the hit podcast, Crime Writers On and the author of the true crime book Lie after Lie: The True Story of a Master of Deception, Betrayal, and Murder.  

Her work has appeared in the Portsmouth Herald, the Exeter News-Letter, the Hampton Union, the New Hampshire Union Leader, Woman’s World magazine, USA Today, Vulture, and the Boston Globe. In 2008, she covered the first death penalty case to go to trial in New Hampshire in almost fifty years for the Associated Press. As a news reporter, she has received numerous awards from both the New Hampshire Press Association and the New England Newspaper & Press Association for her crime and investigative reporting. 

Lara lives in Exeter, New Hampshire with her husband Ken; teenage son Will; dog, Buddy; and most importantly, her three cats, Rocky, Zelda, and Pippin. She can often be found walking around Exeter pondering where her next local murder mystery will take place. www.larabricker.com 

Podcaster Roger Wood was honored for his podcast this year.

Roger Wood is an award winning radio, podcast, newspaper and television journalist, with over 40 years of experience in the media.   Roger has spent his entire professional career in New Hampshire. Roger currently serves as associate publisher and podcast producer at InDepthNH.org.  He has produced news and special feature reports for InDepthNH, New Hampshire Public Radio, NPR, and other Public and commercial radio stations.  He also produced spot news for CBS Radio. He has produced some 50 audiobooks and has written three novels.  Roger has also moderated political forums as well as public policy discussions locally and statewide.  

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