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Jeff Bailey

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in San Bernardino, California, The United States
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Ayn Rand, James Mitchener

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February 2016


I write in the nuclear-based thriller genre because I have nearly fifty years of work experience in various nuclear related technologies. My first assignment, at nineteen, for the U.S. Army, was as a nuclear weapons electronics technician. In 2012, I retired as a senior member of the science and engineering staff at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Washington State.
While I do infuse my nuclear resume into my stories, I also base my stories on real events and real people. I based The Defect on the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island NPS in Pennsylvania, and on an attack at the Watts Bar NPS by a lone gunman.
The female lead in Not On MY Watch, Lance Corporal Casandra Sing, USMC, is based on my oldest granddaughter, who is an act
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Jeff Bailey I have two pieces of advice: Write every day because you love it. Don't expect to make money from your writing. If you love it, money will come.…moreI have two pieces of advice: Write every day because you love it. Don't expect to make money from your writing. If you love it, money will come.(less)
Jeff Bailey I'm a retired scientist. As such, I don't outline my stories. I spread sheet them. With a spread sheet, I don't need to write linearly. I bounce aroun…moreI'm a retired scientist. As such, I don't outline my stories. I spread sheet them. With a spread sheet, I don't need to write linearly. I bounce around to whatever part of the book strikes my interest. If I'm having trouble writing a section, I switch to another section somewhere else in the book or to another book altogether. I then insert my cursor to the appropriate spot and keep on writing.(less)
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Medical thrillers can be the bestthrillers, especially when they are eminently contemporary, like the controversiessurrounding AI in today’s marketplace. Deadly Vision by Todd Severin isjust such a thriller. Deadly Vision opens in the middle a high stakes surgicalprocedure. The developer of an AI that could have performed the surgery with alot less risk is a witness. It took me two chapter

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Medical thrillers can be the best thrillers, especially when they are eminently contemporary, like the controversies surrounding AI in today’s marketplace. Deadly Vision by Todd Severin is just such a thriller. Deadly Vision opens in the middle a hig ...more
Jeff Bailey is on page 30 of 466 of Deadly Vision: True medical knowledge makes for an excellent medical thriller opening. It took me two more chapters before my reading speed slowed back down.
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I’ve been a fan of L.A. Starks thrillers since I discovered 13 Days: The Pythagoras Conspiracy and soon after, Strike Price. I have often said that a writer should write what they know. Starks does just that. After a career in the global energy marke ...more
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