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James K. Bashkin
Profile Information:
- Hometown:
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- About Me:
- I'm a scientist and work on discovering and developing new drugs for the prevention of cervical cancer.
I write professionally in the technical arena (science articles), and like nearly all scientists, I review articles for scientific journals. I have also been a journal's (associate) editor and serve on an editorial review board. But all of that is for chemistry. I have published one non-science article (on track & field) and a couple of scientific editorials. I also had a poem published in a vanity press (I wrote it when I was about 15). I do have a few posts on science in my blog (issues of public interest), and in many cases I do know the scientific authors whose work I discuss personally. I always disclose this. Since I don't do anything professional in the fiction arena, I'm not checking off the editor box, etc.
I'm an avid fiction reader and recently started writing about the books I read at nearlynothingbutnovels. This is in part because I felt I was reading books at a pretty fast clip, but was having trouble remembering titles & authors (though I didn't have any trouble remembering the stories), so I thought I would cement my memories into the bloggoshere. More important is my love of sharing great books with friends, which I now extend from the friends I know to the friends I don't know (to quote my younger son, when he was 5). I don't know any of the fiction authors personally, yet, though I have met a number of them and also know the sister of one. I will disclose any personal relationships where appropriate.
There is a very high proportion of crime fiction in my overall fiction diet. I also tend to read a lot of "international crime fiction".
Stop by and comment on what I've said, if you like, and I'll be browsing your sites and linking to them ASAP. - I Am A:
- Reader, Writer
- Website:
- http://nearlynothingbutnovels.blogspot.com/
- Books And Authors I Like:
- Cara Black, Charlotte Jay, Alan Furst, Arturo Perez-Reverte, Elliot Pattison, Gary Disher, Ian Rankin, John Le Carre', John Straley, Philip Kerr, Qiu Xiaolong, Robert Wilson
- Movies And TV Shows I Like:
- The Closer, Homicide: Life on the Street, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Numbers
Timothy Hallinan
Thanks for the invitation. Will go check out your reviews. (And, by the way, I have a book coming in June.)
Tim
Mar 14, 2008
Luis
Mar 28, 2008
Preetham Grandhi
Best regards
Preetham Grandhi
Early Endorsements for “A Circle of Souls”
Linda Fairstein, NYT Bestselling Author: "A fascinating debut - this novel takes the reader to the darkest places in the human soul, from a writer with the authenticity to lead us there. A stunning thriller and an important read."
Judge Judy Sheindlin, star of the Judge Judy Show: "The seminal work of this fine author kept me glued to my chair until the adventure was over and the mystery solved. A great read!"
Book Synopsis:
The sleepy town of Newbury, Connecticut, is shocked when a little girl is found brutally murdered. The town s top detective, perplexed by a complete lack of leads, calls in FBI agent Leia Bines, an expert in cases involving children.
Meanwhile, Dr. Peter Gram, a psychiatrist at Newbury s hospital, searches desperately for the cause of seven-year-old Naya Hastings devastating nightmares. Afraid that she might hurt herself in the midst of a torturous episode, Naya s parents have turned to the bright young doctor as their only hope.
The situations confronting Leia and Peter converge when Naya begins drawing chilling images of murder after being bombarded by the disturbing images in her dreams. Amazingly, her sketches are the only clues to the crime that has panicked Newbury residents. Against her better judgment, Leia explores the clues in Naya s crude drawings, only to set off an alarming chain of events.
In this stunning psychological thriller, innocence gives way to evil, and trust lies forgotten in a web of deceit, fear, and murder.
Aug 6, 2009