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Tagan Shepard

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Lesbian Fiction, Lesbian Romance

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Tagan Shepard has always spent quiet moments weaving stories in her head. It didn't occur to her until recently to take the time to write them down. Now that she's started, she can't seem to stop. When not writing, she makes her living in a hospital laboratory.
She is a cardio junkie, history buff, and unrepentant nerd, happily wasting countless hours of her life on video games and science fiction/fantasy of every stripe. She lives in Richmond, Virginia with her very patient wife and two rather surly cats. ...more

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What are you currently working on?

Tagan Shepard I always have a couple of projects going at once, that way if I get stuck on one, I can switch to the other until I figure out the first.

Right now I'…moreI always have a couple of projects going at once, that way if I get stuck on one, I can switch to the other until I figure out the first.

Right now I'm writing a first draft for a more action-packed romance novel and editing a sci-fi manuscript I wrote and then abandoned a couple of years ago. I finally feel ready to dive back in, but it is a much more laborious editing process than I usually have to do, which is somewhat daunting but also exciting.(less)

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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Tagan Shepard We had a patient in my hospital who was admitted and confined to bed rest for two months at the end of her pregnancy. Every week or so she went throug…moreWe had a patient in my hospital who was admitted and confined to bed rest for two months at the end of her pregnancy. Every week or so she went through the procedure I describe in "Visiting Hours", and so the lab became pretty familiar with her name. In addition to preparing the procedure, once a week we were involved in drills to prepare for a possible crisis, working with a code team of about twenty people at a time who would be dedicated to her care and her care alone if something happened.

Because of the nature of my work, I never met her, but it’s not possible to put that much time and effort into a patient without caring about them. In the course of working her case, I started to wonder about her, her friends, and her family. I walked the halls and wondered if the people around me were friends of hers. People who loved her. I was intrigued by this woman and her predicament. Was she frightened? Bored? Excited? Who did she have to lean on? I didn’t know the real story, so I made up my own and used it to write my first novel.

That patient, someone I cared about and yet never met, inspired "Visiting Hours". Privacy laws prevent me from ever saying her name, but it’s a name I haven’t forgotten, even years later. I doubt I ever will. That’s how much she (and her healthy baby boy born without complication) meant to me.

Next time you or someone you love is in a hospital, remember that for every nurse and doctor you meet, there are a dozen people you will never meet who care about you and are working hard to make you well. They’re saving your life, but you just might be changing theirs.(less)

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	Visiting Hours 3.82 avg rating — 320 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Swipe Right 3.75 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Bird on a Wire 3.90 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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