ECHO HERON

ECHO HERON
INDEX OF PROPOSED WORK:

1. EMERGENCY 24/​7; NURSES WORKING ON THE EDGE
Non-fiction/​True medicine: Sequel to Tending Lives; Nurses on the Medical Front

Forty accounts of emergency room nurses including exclusive interviews with 9/​11 ER nurses.

2. BLUE NOTES
Baby boomer/​Women’s fiction

A unique epistolary novel covering 1965 to 1989. A brilliantly crafted chronicle and character profile of two amazing women as they glide and stumble through the counter culture revolution and into maturity. BLUE NOTES is a rich blend of humor, drama and philosophy with plenty of quirky and sexy twists.

3. MUSHU PORK WITH PANCAKES; TRAVELS WITH MY HUMAN
Nonfiction

The humorous and heartwarming story of Mooshie, an extraordinarily exceptional cat and his flawed human. The interspecies couple lead remarkable lives traveling around the world. Mushu makes Marley look tame

4. QUARANTINE
Medical thriller

A mystery virus quickly kills all but one man at a top secret bio-containment facility. Years later a young boy finds the remains of the facility and the mutated virus spreads throughout the small boarder town of Fuego Bello. A pediatrician, a nurse and a CDC researcher race to stop the pathogen that threatens to kill off every living thing on earth.


5. SOMEWHERE, AN ELEVATOR
A Memoir

Dramatic and darkly humorous autobiographical account of surviving childhood in a dysfunctional American family. Told in the innocent voice of a precocious child, SOMEWHERE, AN ELEVATOR is an engrossing story of one family and its deepest, most closely guarded secrets.

6. THE HMO
Fiction

Corruption in a healthcare system where life and death are weighed against profit and power. Six patients, one nurse and one physician find themselves taking on one of the most powerful, internally corrupt HMOs in the country. A chilling novel that comes closer to reality than hospital corporations will want to admit.

7. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE DOE?
Fictionalized true crime

Based on a grisly double homicide that baffled the FBI and four Bay Area law enforcement agencies for eight years. A chilling, one-of-a-kind twist ending.
Available: Proposal/​Outline/​2 chapters

8. PATIENT VICTIM - Fifth in the ADELE MONSARRAT, RN Medical thriller series

A sniper is killing the homeless one at a time. When a dying bag lady asks Adele Monsarrat, RN, to do her a favor, the nurse sleuth walks into a world of terror.