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C. J. Lyons
C. J. Lyons aka Cat Lyons is an American physician and writer of medical suspense novels. Biography Lyons was raised in the Pennsylvania municipality known as State College, and attended medical school at the University of Florida. She did her internship and residency at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, followed by a fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Akron Children's Hospital. She has held teaching appointments at the Medical College of Ohio and the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. She worked as a general pediatrician focusing on community health care. In 2008 she published ''Snake Skin'' which includes the hero Lucy Guardino who is a Pittsburgh Soccer mum who is employed by the FBI in their Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement Squad. Further books in that series include ''Bloodstained'' and ''Kill Zone''. Bibliography Lucy Guardino Series: * ''Snake Skin'' * ''Blood Stained'' * ''Kill Zone'' * ''Hard Fall'' Renegade Justice Series: * ''Figh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thriller (genre)
Thriller is a genre of fiction, having numerous, often overlapping subgenres. Thrillers are characterized and defined by the mood (psychology), moods they elicit, giving viewers heightened feelings of suspense, Psychomotor agitation, excitement, Surprise (emotion), surprise, anticipation (emotion), anticipation and anxiety. Successful examples of thrillers are Alfred Hitchcock filmography, the films of Alfred Hitchcock. Thrillers generally keep the audience on the "edge of their seats" as the plot builds towards a climax (narrative), climax. The cover-up of important information is a common element. Literary devices such as red herrings, plot twists, unreliable narrators, and cliffhangers are used extensively. A thriller is often a villain-driven plot, whereby they present obstacles that the protagonist must overcome. The most common genres that overlap with the thriller genre include crime fiction, crime, horror fiction, horror and detective fiction. Characteristics Writer Vla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |