Elizabeth Reed Aden
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Elizabeth Reed Aden

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What do Melanesian fieldwork, pharmaceuticals, Mediterranean beaches, and a forgotten mystery writer have in common? Betsy.
Elizabeth "Betsy" holds a doctorate in biomedical anthropology and spent her career in pharmaceuticals and biotech — discovering along the way that one size never fits all, in medicine or in life. That hard-won insight powers The Goldilocks Genome, her award-winning, bestselling medical thriller that knows exactly why the bodies were buried, scientifically speaking. Her memoir, Mud, Microbes and Medicine, now available, traces how fieldwork on a distant South Pacific island quietly rewired everything that followed.
She splits her time between Berkeley and Valencia, Spain, where she swims in the Mediterranean, wanders Roman ruins, and contemplates the prehistoric populations whose bones she once studied. Valencia, she will tell you, was an excellent decision.
Her most unexpected project began with grief. After her mother's death, Betsy discovered a trove of unpublished cozy mysteries by her godmother, Eunice Mays Boyd. She has since published Eunice's new work and returned her out-of-print mysteries to print — transporting readers to Alaska, San Francisco, and Carcassonne, and offering everyone who has mourned the loss of Agatha Christie somewhere new to go.

Awards for Mud, Microbes & Medicine: Winner Memoir (LA Book Festival)

Awards for The Goldilocks Genome: Winner International Impact Award, Winner Medical Thriller (Firebird Book Awards), Winner Medical Thriller (American Legacy Book Awards), Winner Fiction (Indie Book Awards), Winner Best Thriller (Best Thrillers)
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