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A meet & greet with Jaima Fixsen, the Edmonton-based author of The Specimen.
About The Specimen:
Walk carefully, lest you become a part of Dr. Burnett’s collection…
1826. Isobel Tait finds herself, by chance, staring at a tiny human heart floating in a jar. It should be of little consequence; Dr. Burnett is renowned for his collection of oddities and medical specimens, and this, a juvenile heart with a damaged mitral valve, is not the strangest thing on display. Except that the condition is rare, and that Isobel’s young son, who has been missing for months, suffered from the ailment.
A phantom pulse beats in Isobel’s ears. She knows something here isn’t right.
Missing persons cases are all too common in Edinburgh, where people simply vanish like mist. But Burnett is obsessed with his specimens – how far would he go to acquire a new one? Determined to investigate, Isobel joins his staff as the keeper of his collection. What she’ll unearth, though, is far worse than any of her nightmares…
Based on true crimes, The Specimen is a mesmerizing story about one woman’s search for truth and vengeance in the darkest of places—where the deadliest secrets lie hidden in plain sight, on a freshly dusted shelf.
Author Statement:
My love of words began with Pierre Burton’s The Secret World of Og. I received a copy for my sixth birthday and finished it that day. Though I’ve always loved books and writing, in my twenties I chose a career in health sciences and studied occupational therapy at the University of Alberta. I still maintain a small clinical practice in community pediatrics, and love mixing work with real people along with my cast of imaginary friends.
I began writing with a novel (unpublished) about a math cult in classical Greece, but switched to regency-themed fairy tale retellings. I self-published five of these historical romances before finding representation with JVNLA. Since then, I’ve been traditionally publishing STEMinist novels and crime fiction.
I live in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and I love mountains and winter. My husband and I have been married too long for me to tell you and we have three children and one dog.
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