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Tanya Jones

Tanya Jones

About

Tanya Jones (Thibodeau) is the Publisher of the Gateway Gazette digital media, winner of the Royal Canadian Legion Media Award. She is also a freelance writer, YA Fantasy ebook author and has been a fan of elven origins and supernatural powers for decades. She’s a member of My Writers Circle, among other review and critique websites. Her ebook, Dreams of Beautiful Whisper is Book 1 in The Elves of Eytherfel series and is published by Morgan Books & ePublishing. She is currently working on Book 2 in The Elves of Eytherfel series that will be published next year.

Breaking Through the Spiral Ceiling: An American Woman Becomes a DNA Scientist

Breaking Through the Spiral Ceiling: An American Woman Becomes a DNA Scientist

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Laura Hoopes takes you along as she tries to enter science in the 1960's in the post-Sputnik science education frenzy, only to find doors closed to women.  She persists, makes a career of molecular gerontology and insists on making space for marriage and children in her life.  This inspiring read says, "Yes, you can," to women who have dreams of their own.

Story Behind The Book

I came up with the idea to write a book during the 45 minute commute that I was doing twice a day with my kids. My idea was that the three of us could 'build' a book together. Well, the kids' attention lasted all of one commute, but by then it was too late for me, I was bitten and found myself deeply submerged in the creation of Dreams of Beautiful Whisper during every spare moment over the following 45 days!

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<p class="block_10" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-indent:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;">&quot;Even though I avoid reading like the plague, I read my Mom’s first draft of her as yet unnamed novel, when I was 13 years old. The first thing that came to mind was that readers who enjoyed the <i class="calibre3" style="font-style:italic;">Twilight</i>series would love this book. Four years later, the main character Amanae, is still easily recalled to me but as her being an elf not a human. I find the title she has chosen a bit of a mouthful but I’m getting used to it.&quot;</p> <p class="block_10" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-indent:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;"><i class="calibre3" style="font-style:italic;">~ Sloan (17)</i></p> <p class="block_17" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.25;text-indent:18pt;padding:0px;margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;"> </p> <p class="block_10" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-indent:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;">&quot;Amanae is my favourite character and I think the village sounds beautiful and homey. I would also love to have the school from this village! I'm super impatient for Book 2 to be finished and it's really hard to stop myself from peeking at Mom's notes while she writes the second book.&quot;</p> <p class="block_10" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-indent:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;"><i class="calibre3" style="font-style:italic;">~ Solena (13)</i></p> <p class="block_17" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.25;text-indent:18pt;padding:0px;margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;"> </p> <p class="block_10" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-indent:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;">&quot;I really enjoyed this book and especially seeing the characters evolve. I can't wait to read the books that will follow in this series to get drawn back into the beautiful world Tanya created.&quot; (Tracey)</p> <p class="block_10" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-indent:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;"><i class="calibre3" style="font-style:italic;">~ Gateway Gazette</i></p>