After a 30-year career with the Central Intelligence Agency, T.L. Williams decided to pursue his passion for writing. He’s written three spy thrillers and he’s ready to share some of his tradecraft knowledge when he presents “So You Want to Write A Spy Thriller. How’s Your Tradecraft?” at the FWA Ponte Vedra Writers meeting.

In this talk, writers will have a chance to hear from a CIA Operations Officer who spent thirty years conducting clandestine operations around the globe. They’ll learn about the CIA from its inception to today and how that knowledge can help them infuse more realism into their spy novel. Williams will compare a few of the more common tradecraft tools that real operations officers use versus the one's portrayed in popular television programs and the movies. He’ll also examine some novels in the genre that have hit the mark.

The Ponte Vedra Writers chapter is one of over 50 writers groups affiliated with the Florida Writers Association, a non-profit membership organization with nearly 1,500 members. The meeting is free and open to the public.