Janet with her dog, Bug
Janet, I'm pleased to have you visiting with us today.
Patricia: Tell us, what are your favorite things to
do when you’re not reading or writing?
Janet: I love
to travel to new places. No that’s not right. I like to revisit places too, as
long as they’re interesting. What
make a place interesting to me? First off, places that were forbidden, at least
at one time, - like China, Russia, Lebanon, Cuba. Maybe I’m a bit of an
adrenaline junkie. Second, places where important history occurred and in some
cases is still occurring, i.e. London, Paris, Berlin, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Boston,
and my all time favorite Washington, D.C. Third places with unique “culture”
and great food, such as the south of France, New Orleans, Charleston in South
Carolina, Santa Fe, the Maine coast. My lists often overlap.
The problem
is the other thing I like to do most is spend time with my dog Bug. We walk a
lot and do pet therapy in the pediatrics wards at UNM Hospital and at the VA
hospital in Albuquerque. While Bug travels well on airplanes (under my seat)
and in the car, he can’t do international travel. Thus I’ve done less traveling
during the last few years and more cooking, which is my third most fun thing to
do. Maybe that’s why I called my second mystery/suspense novel Murder:
A New Way to Lose Weight.
Patricia: What’s you favorite color? Why?
Janet: Warm
pastels, especially pale yellow. I like warm cozy colors that aren’t brassy or
pushy.
Patricia: How would you describe yourself,
personality wise?
Janet: An
introvert who learned to speak up.
Patricia: You've mentioned that you love to travel. Please name three of the most interesting places you've visited.
Janet: Three of my most interesting trips
were done as a consultant on science and education issues. I visited the
Marshall Islands (to assess safety issues near former H bomb test sites) and
Dubai, Al Ain and Abu Dhabi in the Untied Arab Emirates and American University
of Beirut in Lebanon (to help develop university and research infrastructure).
I guess Lebanon was the best – archaeological sites that are over three
thousand years old, the best of Middle Eastern cuisine, and a will to survive
among the people. If the factions in Lebanon stopped fighting, I think Beirut
would quickly become one of the top tourist cities in the world.
Patricia: How would you complete this sentence? If I won a million dollars, I
would. . .
Janet: probably
not live much differently. Perhaps I’d hire someone to stay with Bug when I
traveled and/or hire an agent to do much of the publicity on my books Coming
Flu, Murder: A New Way to Lose Weight, and a third in this series of
medical mystery/suspense novels which will be partially set in Bolivia. (Yes I
have traveled there.)
Bio:
J.L. Greger, as a biologist and professor
emerita of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, enjoys putting tidbits of
science into her novels. In Coming Flu (published by Oak Tree
Press in 2012), epidemiologist Sara Almquist is trying to stop two
killers: the Philippine flu, which is
rapidly wiping out everyone in a walled community in New Mexico, and a drug
kingpin determined to break out of the quarantined enclave. In Murder:
A New Way to Lose Weight (published
by Oak Tree Press in April 2013) Linda Almquist, Sara's sister, is scrutinizing
two "diet doctors" for recklessly endangering the lives of their
obese research subjects. Soon she finds her research entwined with a police
investigation of the murder of one of the diet doctors.
JL included
Bug, her Japanese Chin dog, as a character in all three of her novels. To learn
more, visit her website: www.jlgreger.com
or her blog at www.jlgregerblog.blogspot.com.
Amazon
sell tag line for Coming Flu:
www.amazon.com/Coming-Flu-J-L-Greger/dp/1610090985/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1363872699&sr=1-1&keywords=Coming+Flu
Amazon sell
tag line for Murder: A New Way to Lose Weight: http://www.amazon.com/Murder-New-Way
LoseWeight/dp/1610090624/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1365534310&sr=1-1&keywords=Murder+A+New+Way+to+Lose+Weight
