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CJ Lyons
Award-winning medical suspense author CJ Lyons is a physician trained in Pediatric Emergency Medicine. As a pediatric ER doctor, CJ Lyons has lived the life she writes about in her cutting edge suspense novels. Her debut, LIFELINES (Berkley, March 2008), became a national bestseller and Publishers Weekly proclaimed it a "breathtakingly fast-paced medical thriller." The second in the series, WARNING SIGNS, was released January, 2009.

Personal Life CJ Lyons loves adventure! She has traveled extensively in the US, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and the Caribbean. She participated in an archeological expedition in the Outback of Australia sponsored by the Kuku Djugan tribe and is one of few people allowed access to explore the Hell's Gate Wilderness Preserve in Kenya on foot during an environmental impact survey of the Lake Navisha region. She holds an orange belt in Kempo, and enjoys hiking, white water rafting, and outdoor photography when she is not writing or practicing medicine.

Early Years Raised in State College, PA., Lyons did her undergraduate at University of North Carolina-Greensboro and attended medical school at the University of Florida. She did her internship and residency at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, followed by a fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Akron Children's Hospital. Since then, she's held teaching appointments at the Medical College of Ohio and the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine.

During her years in the ER, Lyons worked with police officers and prosecutors on a variety of cases including: physical abuse, child neglect, rape, homicide, and Munchausen by Proxy. She was also invited to join a Pennsylvania's Governor's Task Force which created a new curriculum for health care providers on Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect. Present Lyons' work has appeared in peer-reviewed medical journals including Pediatrics and Annals of Emergency Medicine, medical textbooks such as Barkin's Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Basic Trauma Life Support, as well as patient-oriented lay journals. She was the creator of the first pediatric obesity initiative in central Pennsylvania, Small Steps, Big Changes, and has written and appeared in patient education DVD's for Promo-Ad. She has also been interviewed by TV, radio, and for feature print articles, and her teaching credentials are extensive. Career Trained in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, CJ Lyons has assisted police and prosecutors with cases involving child abuse, rape, homicide and Munchausen by Proxy. She has worked in numerous trauma centers, on the Navajo reservation, as a crisis counselor, victim advocate, as well as a flight physician for Life Flight and Stat Medevac.

After practicing in some of the USA's busiest trauma centers, Lyons moved back to her rural hometown in central PA and worked as a general pediatrician focusing on community health care. She practiced medicine for seventeen years before moving on to a second career as a novelist and non-fiction author specializing in child health topics and patient education.

In addition to being an award-winning medical suspense author, Lyons is a nationally known presenter and keynote speaker. She has been invited all over the country to present her workshops and speak to audiences ranging from physicians to first responders to romance and thriller authors including: Colorado Fiction Writers, Oklahoma Writers Federation, the University of South Carolina at Beaufort, RWA National, MWA's Sleuthfest, Lowcountry RWA's Master Class, Left Coast Crime, and PennWriters, among others. She was also the Chair of the International Thriller Writers inaugural and highly successful ThrillerFest.

Her first novel, LIFELINES (Berkley, March 2008), received praise as a "breathtakingly fast-paced medical thriller" from Publishers Weekly, was reviewed favorably by the Baltimore Sun and Newsday, named a Top Pick by Romantic Times Book Review Magazine, and became a National Bestseller. Her second novel, WARNING SIGNS, was published by Berkley in January, 2009.

Lyons is a member of Romance Writers of America, Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, and Sisters in Crime.

Works To date, CJ Lyons has published two medical suspense novels. Her debut, LIFELINES (Berkley, March 2008), became a national bestseller. Publishers Weekly called LIFELINES a "spot-on debut…a breathtakingly fast-paced medical thriller" and Romantic Times gave it 4 1/2 stars and made it a Top Pick. LIFELINES received rave reviews from national press including Newsday, the Baltimore Sun, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The second in the series, WARNING SIGNS, was released January, 2009. Bibliography LIFELINES		March, 2008	Berkley 	ISBN: 978-0425220825 WARNING SIGNS	January, 2009	Berkley/Jove,	ISBN: 978-0515145830 Awards Romance Writers of America Golden Heart Finalist in Romantic Suspense in 2004. Romance Writers of America Winner of Golden Gateway Contest in Romantic Suspense. References and Sources Reviews Interviews Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Interview, 6/07 (pdf) Margie Lawson Interviews CJ, 1/08 (pdf) CJ in ITW’s The Big Thrill, 3/08 CJ interviewed in Writers’ Digest, 4/08 (pdf) CJ in Pittsburgh Magazine, 4/08 (pdf) CJ Interviewed on Book Addict, 11/08 Articles by CJ Lyons Into the Woods: Wilderness Medicine • Thrillers with Heart • Trauma Talk • World Building • Birth of a Book: What to Expect When You’re Expecting Video Interview: Authorlink • Lisa Gardner talks with CJ about her Adventures in Research • CJ interviews Heather Graham • CJ interviews Robin Cook

Pediatrics Annals of Emergency Medicine Pediatric Basic Trauma Life Support, Dietrich A. editor. Prentice Hall, Engelwood NJ,1994. Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Barkin RM editor, Mosby Yearbook, St Louis Mo, 1997.

[edit] External links •	Official website •	http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Search/QuickSearchProc/1,,Author_1000071551,00.html •	Romance Writers of America •	Romantic Times Magazine •	Mystery Writers of America •	International Thriller Writers •	Sisters in Crime