Official blog of author Jan Burke
I blog here about:
my books and stories, public appearances, and other announcements
forensic science, missing persons, and related criminal justice issues
and whatever else happens to be on my mind.
Who are you? An author, forensic science activist, and cohost of an online radio show.Visit this site for more information than you could want to know.
When will your next book be out? I'm working on a new Irene Kelly novel. Updates here and on my Facebook page.
What have you done for me lately? A series of six mini-anthologies have been published as ebooks. They cost $1.99 each and they each include four stories: a new short story and three stories that previously appeared in Eighteen. The six new short stories that appear in the series include two stories about Irene Kelly as a young journalism student, two about Frank Harriman as a rookie, a story about Tyler Hawthorne of The Messenger, and a story about Bunny Slye, introduced in A Study in Sherlock.
What's the most recent Irene Kelly book? The latest Irene Kelly book is Disturbance
Do you know about the random mention of Ian in that one? Yes. Blogged about that here.
Do you plan to write about Irene again? Yes. Doing that now. And there are short stories about her written since Disturbance
What's the radio show? Crime and Science Radio.
What are you reading now? The Martian by Andy Weir
Where can I find a list of your books in order of publication? On my website. Click here.How can I contact you?
Three easy ways:Via Twitter @jan_burke
Via Facebook: Jan Burke
Leave a comment here on any post. It will not be published immediately, and I won't publish it at all if you prefer I don't. I don't publish those that have your contact info (such as phone numbers or email addresses). I may not get to it right away, but I will try to be in touch soon.
And by fan request from my Facebook page: Three (among my many) favorite books: Josephine Tey's Brat Farrar Charlotte Armstrong's Chocolate Cobweb Dorothy B Hughes's In a Lonely Place
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2 comments:
Just reminded me wiht this blog entry of a Documentary I saw on IFC channel one morning. It's just a theory but it's an interesting one. Basiclaly, says that we kinda started the whole AID's epidemic when we tried to enockulate Polio. Don't know if it's totally true but it is interesting.
Anyhow, wanted to say thanks for at least reminding people. I think some people love to use the whole AID's maybe when they appose gay marriage. I hear alot of people saying "well they spread AIDS". I don't think that is true. And, full of crap. But, I think that is the only time I do hear AIDS being discussed. Or, really if it's in a high school setting. Which *I'm 5 years out of high school* in high school I remember so many saying "don't worry if you get it there is a pill for it. A pill for everything". Which there isn't.
But, I guess what saying is we as a nation maybe have forgotten about it. Which is always when you forget you generally have something bad to remind you you'r not exactly invicible. Pearl Harbor and 9/11 proved that. Were not immune to the world and it's problems. Thanks for helping reminding people.
Hi Aaron,
Thanks -- you really bring up some great points.
I remember hearing that polio vaccine theory, too. There was a book out called "The River" that talked about the theory. But as far as I know, it's all circumstantial, not hard evidence. And you made me curious enough to look around for articles on it, and I came across this one http://tinyurl.com/vkfd9
which seems to indicate that the first forms of the virus must have been around before the 1959 vaccines.
I think scientists are now pretty sure that it crossed from monkeys or chimpanzees to human beings, just like ebola and Marburg, also deadly.
People are true fools if they think a pill can cure AIDS. AIDS is fatal. Being HIV positive may be a condition that can be lived with with the help of drugs, but talk to someone who is HIV positive and you'll learn that it is no picnic -- and it's far more than one pill. It has all kinds of negative impact on a person's life.
According to the CDC, 78% of women in the US who are HIV positive got the disease from having sex with a man. And although African-Americans make up 12% of the US population, in 2004 they made up half of the cases diagnosed.
You are so right about people who blame gays for spreading AIDS. It's just hate finding another way to talk. I suppose these are the same kind of idiots who really just don't care aout what's happening in Africa -- or anywhere outside their own neighborhood.
And yes, we do need to stay awake about this issue!
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