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Millicent Eidson

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MILLICENT EIDSON is the author of the alphabetical Maya Maguire microbial mystery series, which currently has 5 novels in the MayaVerse: Anthracis (Book 1, 2021), Borrelia (Book 2, 2022), Corona (Book 3, 2023), Dengue (Book 4, 2024), and Ebola (Book 5, 2025), plus Microbial Mysteries: A Story Collection (Book 0, 2023).

Author awards include Best Play for "Monuments" in Synkroniciti and Honorable Mention from the Arizona Mystery Writers.

Dr. Eidson’s work as a public health veterinarian and epidemiologist began with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and continued at the New Mexico and New York state health departments. She is a public health faculty member at the University at Albany and the University of Vermont.
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Millicent Eidson I also love Quammen's nonfiction "Spillover" and use it in the graduate school class I teach about zoonotic diseases and climate change. Yes, there's …moreI also love Quammen's nonfiction "Spillover" and use it in the graduate school class I teach about zoonotic diseases and climate change. Yes, there's a lot of similarity with my MayaVerse microbial thrillers. Like Quammen, I want to share the excitement of field investigations into zoonotic diseases. So my fictional medical detectives spend most of their time out in the environment on disease control work, not in medical settings where most traditional medical thrillers take place.(less)
Millicent Eidson I enjoy Robin Cook too. I create my medical thrillers to have strong characters and exciting science like his books. However, he features the traditio…moreI enjoy Robin Cook too. I create my medical thrillers to have strong characters and exciting science like his books. However, he features the traditional physician pathologist in a hospital setting. My primary character is a public health veterinarian and the settings for my stories are in the environment where zoonotic diseases are hiding in animals, insects, the earth, and the water.(less)
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