User:BJ SHAY

'''BJ Shay is the pen name for author Billi-Jo Orr (Fulton)' ' '

Billi-Jo has been published in several magazines over the years, mostly for scholarly type articles. In 2010 she competed in the National Novel Writing competition (nanowrimo.org). She completed her novel in under three weeks. This first novel is about dementia and one family's struggle with the daily challenges thrown at them.

Billi-Jo has started working on a thrilling adventure that outlines some of the best and most dramatic fire and EMS calls over her 17 year stint. She spent 13 years as a career firefighter/paramedic. During that time Billi-Jo was lucky to meet many people all over New York State. Billi-Jo attended Woodstock '94 at the original site and provided EMS care, as well as the Woodstock '99 concert in Rome, NY. She has had many positive and life changing experiences.

Billi-Jo attended the Lourdes Paramedic Program in conjunction with Broome Community College in Binghamton, NY. After working several years she continued her education gaining a dual associate of science degrees from Onondaga Community College (human services and criminal justice), graduating magna cum laude honors in both programs in just four semesters. She went on to Keuka College in the finger lakes region where she gained her bachelor of science in criminal justice. Here she graduated with summa cum laude honors. She received "who's who among college students" recognition and is a member of the National Scholars Honor Society.

Look for BJ Shay in stores near you by 2012!