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Tam was the kid who took AP Chemistry and AP Biology her Senior year of High School. After winning a scholarship to a DOE camp at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, touring the superconducting supercollider, and karyotyping DNA from the HIV virus, she came to realize if she pursued biomedical engineering, she might never see the outside of a lab again.

Consequently, she earned a Bachelor of Science in English, and now writes about fictional characters who have taken biomedical engineering to extremes.

She is also an avid gardener, cook, fisherman and hunter, urban homesteader, and GMO labeling advocate in love with self-sufficiency. Her current residence is the great state of Alaska, where she was born and now lives with her husband and two wonder ...more

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Average rating: 3.87 · 390 ratings · 114 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	Botanicaust (Botanicaust #1) 3.82 avg rating — 299 ratings — published 2012 — 5 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
	Doomseeds (Botanicaust #2) 4.03 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Taking the Knife (Botanicaust #1.5) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2012 — 5 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
	Amarantox 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	The Reaping Room really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	You Can Eat This 22 Gluten Free Comfort Recipes 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 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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	You Can Eat This! Gluten Free Italian Recipes 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013 — 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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Amarantox

The Botanicaust prequel has arrived, and you can win a signed paperback copy! Enter the drawing on Goodreads. Don’t have a Goodreads account? Email me and I’ll randomly select a winner from the list July 20th, 2015.

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Amarantox
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“There are always costs when man alters nature, his own or the world around him.”
― Tam Linsey, Botanicaust

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“What gave the Board the right to take away someone’s life, just because they refused to be altered?”
― Tam Linsey, Botanicaust

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“There was so much she wanted to tell him. Yet she didn’t want to talk about any of it. Now”
― Tam Linsey, Amarantox

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message 8: by Tam

Jun 17, 2014 12:06PM

Haha! Sounds great.

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message 7: by Chris

Jun 17, 2014 11:16AM

Hi Tam! Thanks for the invite! Looking forward to bossing you around sometime soon, maybe. ;-)

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message 6: by Tam

May 04, 2014 09:30AM

Midu wrote: "Thanks for the invite!"

I hadn't realized we weren't friends!

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message 5: by Midu

May 04, 2014 07:21AM

Thanks for the invite!

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message 4: by Tam

Nov 25, 2012 03:33PM

Paul wrote: "Thank you!
This is a book, that should I not win, I will probably have to purchase. Although I can't obviously know the story beforehand, I like the idea and the concept of a botanical holocaust (a..."

I wrote this as a futuristic novel, but the reader is, of course, welcome to interpret the novel in any way they please :)

Kevin has done a wonderful service for anyone wishing to create a video with musical accompaniment. I donated on his website, and will again when I create future videos using his musical talent.

Tam

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message 3: by Paul (last edited Nov 25, 2012 10:00AM)

Nov 25, 2012 09:58AM

Thank you!
This is a book, that should I not win, I will probably have to purchase. Although I can't obviously know the story beforehand, I like the idea and the concept of a botanical holocaust (as a story... the real thing would surely horify me) and the steps mankind would take to survive... including canibalism.
The video mention that this started many centuries ago, am I to take it this takes place in a "parallel" time-line? Or do the many centuries ago reflect the perspective of a future person reflecting back on "this" earth?
Anyhow, win or lose, I'm sure you'l be hearing from me at some point down the line.

BTW, I absolutely loved the feeling received from Kevin Macleod's music while watching said video.

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message 2: by Tam

Nov 25, 2012 07:34AM

Great to meet you, Paul. I'm glad you liked the video :) Best of luck!

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message 1: by Paul

Nov 24, 2012 08:20PM

Thanks for adding me as a friend, wish me luck on the goodreads giveaway :)

loved the vid, btw

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