I write suspense
and mystery with a medical edge, and of course, always with a great romance.
The medical aspect comes from my background as an obstetrician and
gynecologist, and the romance from my love of Janet Evanovich novels and my
growing as a writer through Romance Writers of America. I expanded into the
genre of mystery and crime, specifically police procedurals through joining
Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. That, and I’ve always felt
that docs and cops are a lot alike with a regimented order, long hours, stress,
and life and death decisions. So were born my two protagonists in my romantic
suspense novel IF MEMORY SERVES, obstetrician Dr. Tara Ross, and homicide
commander, Lieutenant Detective Jeffrey Corrigan.
I must say that
I’m a believer in Stephen King’s mantra that every writer should read. A fan of
King’s ON WRITING, I’m presently reading, 11/22/63: A NOVEL, his fabulous
newest time travel novel. But my longstanding favorite writers are the
physician writers Tess Gerritsen and Robin Cook. I also love following J.D.
Robb’s (aka Nora Roberts) series protagonists, Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her
paramour Roarke. Finally, I’m a fan of Patricia Cornwell and her series
revolving around medical examiner, Kaye Scarpetta.
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