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CJ Lyons, Medical Suspense Author

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About Me

I'm CJ Lyons, award-winning medical suspense author. I'm trained in pediatric emergency medicine and use this experience to write gritty medical suspense featuring the women of Pittsburgh's Angels of Mercy Medical Center.
Go to www.cjlyons.net to learn more. Sign up for my mailing list and quarterly newsletter and you'll automatically be entered to win! There's a prize with each issue!

My Interests

Reading, photography, music, travel, art. I also love to teach. See my website, cjlyons.net for more info on my upcoming classes.

I'd like to meet:

People who love to read and talk about books and discover new authors! Also, first responders, medical professionals, and law enforcement officers who would like to share their stories.
My novels are edgy with realistic medical details and reflect my own experiences as a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician. I've also worked as a victim's advocate and have assisted police and prosecutors with cases involving child abuse, sexual assault, homicide and Munchausen's by Proxy.
So, if you want a peak behind the scenes at what really goes on in an urban hospital, stay tuned for my first novel, coming from Berkley in March, 2008!

Music:

Hmm...all over the place. Everything from kick-ass rock n roll with an edge (both classic and new), zydeco, classic R&B, and celtic music.
Favs include Led Zep (of course), Eric Clapton, Buck Cherry, The Stones, Puddle of Mud, Tantric, Fuel, Eve-6, Nickelback, Kate Bush, Default, Saliva, Metallica, Shinedown, Robert Johnson, Tool, Peter Gabriel, Jerry Garcia Band, John Lee Hooker, and more!

Movies:

Everything from classic war movies (How Proudly We Hail, Arise My Love) to westerns (High Noon, The Big Country) to thrillers and the occasional romantic comedy.

Television:

Wish I had time! Right now following Grey's Anatomy, The Unit, and the Dresden Files.

Books:

Too many to mention! Special favs include Mark Helprin's A Winter's Tale, Carol O'Connell's Judas Child, Katherine Neville's The Eight, David Gould's Carter Beats the Devil, Thomas Harris' Red Dragon...

Heroes:

I'm a firm believer that heroes are born everyday!
But here are a few of mine: Gene Krantz: Failure is not an option
Joe Paterno
Georgia O'Keefe
Katherine Hepburn

My Blog

LYONS TALES Spring 2008

Click to view this email in a browser LYONS' TALES Spring, 2008 Greetings!, Welcome! ...
Posted by CJ Lyons, Medical Suspense Author on Sat, 17 May 2008 05:42:00 PST

Girls gotta have fun!

Check out the good time I had joking around with Jill Monroe and Gena Showalter on their Author Talk show! ...
Posted by CJ Lyons, Medical Suspense Author on Fri, 09 May 2008 07:51:00 PST

LIFELINES tour wrap up

One book, eight weeks, thirteen cities&.Hey, I'm back! Home sweet home for three whole weeks, yeah! On the plane back home, I was reflecting on some of the stats from my LIFELINES book tour.Number o...
Posted by CJ Lyons, Medical Suspense Author on Mon, 05 May 2008 08:05:00 PST

LIFELINES International

Leighton Gage, a fantastically talented crime writer from Brazil and author of Blood of the Wicked, sent me these pictures of LIFELINES in Sao Paulo.Pretty cool, eh?Feel free to send me pictures of yo...
Posted by CJ Lyons, Medical Suspense Author on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:58:00 PST

LIFELINES scores a Perfect 10!!!

In addition to the accolades LIFELINES has received from Publisher’s Weekly, The Baltimore Sun, and a Top Pick from Romantic Times, LIFELINES has scored a Perfect 10 from Romance Reviews Today!T...
Posted by CJ Lyons, Medical Suspense Author on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:20:00 PST

LIFELINES Launched!

Just returned from Left Coast Crime in Denver where I had my official launch for LIFELINES and a rocking good time!!!The first day I had two signings, the first with Steve Hockensmith and Rhys Bowen a...
Posted by CJ Lyons, Medical Suspense Author on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:01:00 PST

LIFELINES and How You Can Win!!!

Sorry for the shouting, but I'm sure you guys of all people can understand how exciting it is that this day has finally come! My debut novel, LIFELINES hits the stores today!!!LIFELINES has been getti...
Posted by CJ Lyons, Medical Suspense Author on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:16:00 PST

LIFELINES, out and about....

Recent sightings of early buzz about LIFELINES:~Candy's Inside Books~an nice feature from Ali Karim in January Magazine~and, a mention in New Books!Wow!!! This is actually starting to feel real! Six...
Posted by CJ Lyons, Medical Suspense Author on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:01:00 PST

OMG--I’m in Writer’s Digest!!!

Okay, true confession time. I've been telling stories all my life (a constant dismay to my parents who swore I'd never learn the difference between fact and fiction!) and writing them down for as lon...
Posted by CJ Lyons, Medical Suspense Author on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:33:00 PST

LIFELINES: RT Top Pick!!!

LIFELINES will be out in the stores next month (March 4th, to be exact) and in addition to a glowing review from Publishers Weekly, it received 4 1/2 stars and a Top Pick from Romantic Times Book Revi...
Posted by CJ Lyons, Medical Suspense Author on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:14:00 PST