Goodreads asked Joseph Rhea:

What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Joseph Rhea To be honest, by nature I'm a very persistent sleuth, in that I never given up on solving every "mystery" I've ever experienced. To me, a mystery is just something that is not yet known, and so I just keep at it until I discover the answer. I was like this with magic tricks as a child, where I was able to figure out how to copy every trick I saw performed in TV. Looking back, I guess it was this attitude that led me into a career in science.

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