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Lee Forrest

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Lee Forrest was born in upstate New York and went to high school there, followed by Yale College and Harvard Medical School. He has published his scientific research in two books and many articles with Cambridge University Press and other leading presses. He lives with his wife in the Philadelphia area, near their three grown children. He enjoys working in the local theater, traveling, and studying historical lifestyles. Beyond Australia is his first work of fiction. Some background to the story is covered in the Blog on his website.

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Lee Forrest I'm basically a fact-oriented person in a fact-finding job. But information about history has always reached out to me. I used to tell ghost stories t…moreI'm basically a fact-oriented person in a fact-finding job. But information about history has always reached out to me. I used to tell ghost stories to my kids and their cousins when the families stayed together. I centered them around historic events or people who caught my fancy. Time travel is a lot like a ghost story— an eerie communion with people who are no longer there— so why not try that?
One story seemed to grow legs and became Beyond Australia. I've written about the elements that went into it in some fairly short blog posts: www.Beyond-Australia.com/blog . See especially "Inspirations," "My favorite period," and "How the story began."
I've had some ideas about how to follow the characters onward, but don't hold your breath. Thanks for your interest!(less)
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Fourteen year old Susan Ferguson is freaked out when a time machine somehow deposits her in the Manhattan of 1872. She thinks people would be paranoid about it, or worse, so she explains her strange clothes, odd use of words, and the fact she doesn’t know how to do anything by telling them she’s a visitor from Australia. She figures people rarely sailed all the way to Australia, so no one is apt t Read more of this blog post »
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