NEW ANNOUNCEMENT: Join Me In Person October 20th
Speaker Series – Bill Koch
October 20 at 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
I will be a feature speaker at the North Shore Writers Association (NSWA) monthly members’ meeting in October. This event is welcome for any non-members to attend - no rsvp needed. NSWA's event details below...
"Listeners will hear his journey from highly respected psychologist to masterful writer of fiction. He’ll describe how he navigated the self-publishing world and implemented his marketing strategy. Also, he’ll provide insight to how his career as a psychologist helped to create
compelling and complicated characters. Bill Koch is an award-winning psychologist and writer of fiction and memoir. He recently published his first novel, Hired Gun: Uncovering Buried Secrets which is receiving 5-star reviews on Goodreads.
He is a graduate of Simon Fraser University’s Writer’s Studio, where he published emerge 21, the Writer’s Studio Anthology.
A second novel, tentatively entitled Shrinks: Do You Need One? is in progress. He lives in West Vancouver with his wife and two high-
maintenance cats."
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Meeting: North Vancouver City Library, 120 14th St. W, 6:30-8:30 pm. Open to the public.
More event information: https://nswriters.org/event/speaker-series-bill-koch/
HIRED GUN
Available Now
UNCOVERING BURIED SECRETS
David Lipman’s patients are dying, but it’s going to take risking his license and reputation to stop a killer. How far is he prepared to go?
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Psychologist David Lipman is still grieving a personal loss when he’s blindsided by the mysterious death of a patient. He’s just picking up the pieces of his life with a new romance and the slightly overbearing support of his adult daughters, when another young woman in his care dies violently as well. Despite having written a respected book on physician misconduct, David finds himself crossing the line of dual-relationships as he grapples with this tragedy, to the point that the gimlet-eyed detective on the case regards him as a suspect. Meanwhile, the real killer continues to stalk.
About the Author
BILL KOCH
In his career as a psychologist, Bill Koch conducted research in anxiety disorders and trauma, was a highly credentialed cognitive-behaviour therapist, and provided assessments for the courts with respect to the psychological consequences of trauma. Another aspect of his career involved the investigation and adjudication of ethical violations for the College of Psychologists of BC, and assessment of health professionals for their fitness to practice. Currently, he is a clinical professor emeritus at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine.
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