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Louise Penny, Jacqueline Winspear, Sue Grafton, Charles Dickens

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Phyllis Entis is the author of the Damien Dickens Mysteries series, which includes The Green Pearl Caper, The White Russian Caper, The Chocolate Labradoodle Caper, The Gold Dragon Caper and The Blue Moon Caper. Her debut novel, The Green Pearl Caper, was a Library Journal SELF-e Selection. Phyllis is a free-lance writer and retired food safety microbiologist with degrees from McGill University and the University of Toronto. In 2007, ASM Press published her non-fiction book, Food Safety: Old Habits, New Perspectives.

Phyllis lives in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada with her husband and their Australian Cobberdog, Shalom. When she’s not writing, Phyllis usually can be found browsing in the local library, or enjoying her garden.
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Phyllis Entis There are so many, all of them related to food.

I am a retired food-safety microbiologist and active blogger on food safety issues. Several of the 'sig…more
There are so many, all of them related to food.

I am a retired food-safety microbiologist and active blogger on food safety issues. Several of the 'significant' recalls and food poisoning outbreaks over the years would provide grist for my murderous mill. In fact, I used a fictionalized version of one such outbreak/recall situation in The Chocolate Labradoodle Caper.

Most recently, I have been writing about the adulteration of Evanger's dog food with pentobarbital, a sedative and veterinary euthanizing agent. There are enough twists and turns in this story (which is on-going) to form the basis of one of my Capers. Maybe installment #5?

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Phyllis Entis I just typed 'The End' on my first draft. My computer crashed.…moreI just typed 'The End' on my first draft. My computer crashed.(less)
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THE GREEN PEARL CAPER: A DA...

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TAINTED. From Farm Gate to Dinner Plate, Fifty Years of Food Safety Failures by Phyllis Entis I'm not alone in feeling as though this year has lasted forever. The only good thing about the limitations on social gatherings has been the added time freed up for writing.

In January 2007, ASM Press released my textbook, Food Safety: Old Habits, New Perspectives.

In January 2020, ASM Press returned the copyright to my thirteen-year old book to me, giving me the green light to revamp, update an Read more of this blog post »
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