MURDER MAYHEM 14: Liz Porter is a true crime writer, novelist and freelance journalist. @saintlizzie

Murder and Mayhem: Get inside the dark minds of the world’s top crime and thriller writers.

Liz Porter is the author of Cold Case Files, an account of how cold cases from Australia, the UK and the US have been solved using new science and techniques. She is also the author of Written on the Skin, which was the joint winner of the 2007 Ned Kelly award for best true crime book. Liz began her career as a journalist in Hong Kong, later working in Sydney, London and Stuttgart before returning to Melbourne to work as a feature writer for the Age. Her books focus on true crime stories and the science involved in solving them. Cold Case Files looks into the mystery of a 12-year-old murder, how DNA was extracted from a 1973 crime scene, and the mysterious death of an eight-year-old Egyptian mummy. The Murder and Mayhem podcast is brought to you by the course "How to Write About Murder". www MurderCourse.com

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