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It's wonderful to read a thriller like Petroplague whose author knows her subject backwards and forwards, and demonstrates it on every page...Amy Rogers nails every aspect of L.A., from neighborhoods to our isolation in the event of a disaster like this one. PopcornReads This is the best science-thriller I've read this year. Maybe ever. BookTrib reviewer Seeley James Petroplague has earned a spot in the top five on my best of 2011 list. ThrillersRockTwitter Amy Rogers is the crisp, haunting new voice of science thrillers. If you think global warming is scary, wait till you read Petroplague. Norb Vonnegut, author of Top Producer and The Gods of Greenwich Petroplague is a terrific thriller debut and Amy Rogers really knows her science. Petroplague ratchets up the tension and danger with every chapter. The tense, tight plot and interesting characters kept me reading late into the night. Amy Rogers is one to watch--I can't wait for her next book. Paul McEuen, author of Spiral Rogers goes out of her way to actually talk about a scientist and the way science is done as more than just caricatures...Though the public largely trusts scientists, what we do is mostly a black box, and more humanizing portrayals can only help. Kevin Bonham, ScienceBlogs.com

It's wonderful to read a thriller like Petroplague whose author knows her subject backwards and forwards, and demonstrates it on every page...Amy Rogers nails every aspect of L.A., from neighborhoods to our isolation in the event of a disaster like this one. PopcornReads This is the best science-thriller I've read this year. Maybe ever. BookTrib reviewer Seeley James Petroplague has earned a spot in the top five on my best of 2011 list. ThrillersRockTwitter Amy Rogers is the crisp, haunting new voice of science thrillers. If you think global warming is scary, wait till you read Petroplague. Norb Vonnegut, author of Top Producer and The Gods of Greenwich Petroplague is a terrific thriller debut and Amy Rogers really knows her science. Petroplague ratchets up the tension and danger with every chapter. The tense, tight plot and interesting characters kept me reading late into the night. Amy Rogers is one to watch--I can't wait for her next book. Paul McEuen, author of Spiral Rogers goes out of her way to actually talk about a scientist and the way science is done as more than just caricatures...Though the public largely trusts scientists, what we do is mostly a black box, and more humanizing portrayals can only help. Kevin Bonham, ScienceBlogs.com

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Amy Rogers, MD, PhD, is a Harvard-educated scientist, professor, award-winning author, and critic who switched from teaching university biology classes to reviewing, writing, and publishing science-themed thriller fiction. Her novels Reversion, The Han Agent, and Petroplague use real science and medicine to create plausible, frightening scenarios in the style of Michael Crichton. Compelling characters and fictionalized science-not science fiction-make her books page-turners that seamlessly blend reality and imagination. Her nonfiction articles about science and engineering behind the scenes of everyday life first appeared in the Inside Arden newspaper and are now collected in her book Science in the Neighborhood. During the pandemic crisis of 2020, she became a trusted source of calm, accurate, accessible science information to a grateful audience through her blog at AmyRogers.com, as well as public speaking with Q&A (via zoom, of course).Dr. Rogers is a sought-after speaker who delivers lectures around the country. A member of International Thriller Writers, she served as a judge for ITW's Thriller Awards and has twice been a panelist at ThrillerFest in New York; a panel moderator at Left Coast Crime; keynote speaker at the University of the Pacific Conference on Creative Writing, and the Renaissance Society Forum; guest author at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; and many other venues for writers, readers, and the general public.

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