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Suspense, legal, and medical thrillers, crime novels and horror-various forms of the suspense thriller make the bestseller lists. Students read and analyze contemporary examples of the genre. In consultation with the instructor, students plan and begin writing their own suspense thrillers. Will be taught by Patricia Pinianski, writer of suspense thriller fiction.