By day, Tammy Euliano, MD, is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of Florida where she cares for patients, teaches medical students and residents, performs research, and invents cool stuff. She’s been honored with numerous teaching awards, more than 100,000 views on her YouTube teaching videos, and was featured in a calendar of women inventors (copies available wherever you buy your out-of-date planners).
By night, she plays games with her family (now remotely), plays tennis (badly), cuddles her dogs, reads, and writes medical thrillers. In her writing, she is intrigued by ethically blurry topics and enjoys positioning characters on all sides of a debate, each with a well-reasoned position … or humor … or dogs.
Vacations are for exploring our amazing world. She has dragged her family of five to all the major U.S. national parks, Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, Costa Rica, the Caribbean, the Galapagos, the Mediterranean, Europe and New Zealand. Trips are spent soaking up the history and culture while also experiencing nature, often in extreme fashion.
Read our review of her debut medical thriller, Fatal Intent, here.
BOOKS:
Fatal Intent (2021)
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Biggest literary influences:
Harlan Coben, Louise Penny
Last book read:
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
The book that changed your life:
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl – Not so much the first part, where he describes his experience in concentration camps during WWII, but the second part, where he talks about finding meaning in life. It sounds deep, but it’s very readable and relatable. Basically, his theory is that one’s primary drive is not pleasure or happiness, but finding something meaningful and pursuing it. That bad things happen, but we can choose how to react, and move forward toward those things we find meaningful, whether that’s relationships, work, or writing about dogs.
Favorite literary character:
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache from Louise Penny’s series. He’s brilliant, level-headed, a devoted husband and father, kind, self-deprecating, and sometimes hilarious. His relationships with each of the cast of characters is so well-drawn. And … he loves dogs … I’m sensing a theme here.
Currently working on:
The sequel to Fatal Intent in which Kate Downey, Aunt Irm and Christian face another series of challenging circumstances. As well as the prequel to another novel in which a biological weapon goes awry – it was started well before Covid, but may be a tough sell now.
Words to live by:
The days are long but the years are short.
Advice for aspiring authors:
Find a supportive tribe, read, take classes that provide professional feedback, attend a conference if at all possible, develop a thick skin, write what you love!
ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
Heather Weidner’s #ThisorThatThursday Interview with Tammy Euliano
Men Reading Books Review of Fatal Intent
Goodreads Review of Fatal Intent by Rashmi Menon
Goodreads Review of Fatal Intent by Illustrious Illusions
