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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Hi, I’m Carol Potenza.
I live in southern New Mexico with my husband, Leos, and our extremely grumpy chihuahua, Hermes (Not the purse! The Greek god because he’s really fast). I love my adopted state and the desert southwest. It’s beautiful, and its strong multicultural history has been shaped by diverse peoples and cultures that seep into my stories. My home town, Las Cruces, sits nestled at the bottom of the Organ Mountains to the east and the Rio Grande valley to the west. It’s the second largest city in the state, but has a wonderful small town feeling, and every fall, the scent of roasting green chile fills the air. I have a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences from UC San Diego and worked in a plant genetic engineering laboratory at New Mexico State University for years before I moved to full time teaching—Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, and then retired to write full-time.
The paranormal and “visions” I add to some of my books come from true stories told to me by relatives and friends who experienced them first hand—and their words can be hair-raising. I knew as I listened to their true ghost stories, I’d need to write them down and blend them into my fiction because I love that shivery feeling. I myself am not sensitive … except for one time. Ask me about it if we ever meet. It was a pretty neat experience.
I love to blend strong women sleuths, paranormal, and mystery with science to create my BiocheMysteries. And check out my Zoo Mystery series, which brings futuristic science fiction and genetic engineering to create a place where de-extinct animals roam. So many story ideas, and so little time! 😉 I hope you will enjoy my books.
A De-Extinct Zoo Mystery
UNMASKED
Catch the Killer, Save the Bear. Veterinarian Milly Smith is living her dream, working in a zoo populated by de-extinct creatures resurrected from ancient DNA: Mammoths and mastodons, dire wolves and do-dos, camelops and saber-toothed cats. But a routine surgery on a massive short-faced bear goes horribly wrong and a colleague is dead. The bear is slated to be destroyed unless Milly can prove the animal was used by a diabolical killer as a murder weapon. A killer whose attention has turned to Milly.
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