No matter what your genre, you must captivate your reader’s attention from the very first page. Romance author Laura Griffin shares suspense writing techniques that will help writers of any genre hook their reader’s attention early and keep turning the pages.

 Laura Griffin started her writing career in the basement of the Vanderbilt University Student Center, where she edited the campus paper. After graduating from Vanderbilt, she took a job as a newspaper reporter in the Chicago suburbs, then moved to the Philippines, where she wrote travel

articles, before returning to her native Texas. Laura grew up in West Houston, graduated from Stratford High School, and now lives in Austin, where she is a founding member of the Hula Hut Girls Book Club.

 Laura’s debut novel, ONE LAST BREATH, won the 2008 Booksellers Best Award for romantic suspense. She is currently working on a romantic suspense trilogy, for Pocket Books, that will kick of this fall with the novel UNTRACEABLE.