Jonathan Kellerman is a psychologist/author (or psycho author like myself) and I have enjoyed his Alex Delaware series. His character Alex is a child psychologist who consults on murder cases.
When the Bough Breaks is book #1 of a whopping 27 so far in the series. I stopped reading somewhere after #10 because the murder mystery thing was getting a bit gruesome for me, but I like how Mr. Kellerman weaves his psychological knowledge into stories.
In Chicago for the Romantic Times convention, I was talking to my brother-in-law about novelists who capitalize on their professional expertise. He's a fan of Michael Crichton and John Grisham, scientist and attorney, respectively. Wasn't it cool how Mr. Crichton used his knowledge about DNA to write Jurassic Park?
What professional expertise sparks your interest when reading novels?
When the Bough Breaks is book #1 of a whopping 27 so far in the series. I stopped reading somewhere after #10 because the murder mystery thing was getting a bit gruesome for me, but I like how Mr. Kellerman weaves his psychological knowledge into stories.
In Chicago for the Romantic Times convention, I was talking to my brother-in-law about novelists who capitalize on their professional expertise. He's a fan of Michael Crichton and John Grisham, scientist and attorney, respectively. Wasn't it cool how Mr. Crichton used his knowledge about DNA to write Jurassic Park?
What professional expertise sparks your interest when reading novels?
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I used to work in a library - at no time was that useful... And I never shook out my hair and took off my glasses to be beautiful either!
Hope you're having fun in Chicago! As I go about my daily drudgery, it'll be very fun knowing you all are so close.
I loved Michael Crichton and I will re-read Jurassic Park a million times. It was such a good book.
Heather
Hi Kyra, the first novels are great but then they become a bit formulaic. One of my favorite characters is Milo, the gay detective who is Alex's friend.
Nicki, I love your city! I took the blue line to RT and I think I'm here kind of early. But there's a workshop at 10:00 about writing action scenes in romance novels that I'm excited to attend.
Heather, my friend and I went to see Jurassic Park and I was thinking it was a nice science-fiction movie only to be completely terrified by those damn velociraptors! One of the scariest movies I've seen. I read the book after and loved it.
Wow Roland, I haven't read any of those authors. Thank you for your ongoing support.
Crichton would be my choice! Good theme.
Shauna, excellent point. Editors help us avoid getting bogged down in nerdy details of our trade.
Jack, what was your fave dino? I loved the diloposaurs. So cute until *gasps* it spits on you!