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While the product of a Midwest upbringing, M.E. has lived and worked on both coasts as well as in Ireland. As a registered nurse, she has had the opportunity to work in many facets of nursing from pediatrics to geriatrics, from labor representation to administration, including the implementation of hospital information systems for nursing.

While officially retired, she continues to volunteer at a neighborhood clinic where she lives in southwest Florida. When M.E. discovered that nothing had been written about nursing for young readers, since the 1950s and 60s, her first novels were written to address this deficit—to show young readers something of what nursing was like today. As she got to know her characters and their involvement with law
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When a young attorney is falsely accused, imprisoned and then eventually exonerated, she becomes a champion for cases where other falsely accused individuals need support. At the same time, she is interested in knowing who in the police department an ...more
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This was the fascinating story of a seemingly, wealthy elderly woman, trying to maintain her independence, and the young Muslim maid who comes to work for her. Set in a colonial town, where the woman has long waited for her son to come home from Lond ...more
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This is the multi-layered story of two young women of Asian descent, seeking to discover their heritage. While both are in an exclusive prep school, they are from widely different social backgrounds; one is there on scholarship. The first friend save ...more
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This is an entertaining and humorous murder mystery. Four room-mates sharing a flat are joined by a mysterious young woman who states she has sublet part of the flat, and that is not allowed. The narrative is delivered from two time frames which make ...more
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Alice has been raised alone in a house with her mother, and a father who visits occasionally on weekends. She is mute and has never left her home, told by her parents that the outside world would never understand her condition. When another lone youn ...more
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