“Whenever
I start a novel, I'm always looking for two things: a bit of science that makes
me go 'what if?' and a piece of history that ends in a question mark.” – James Rollins
Born in Chicago
on this date in 1961, Rollins is a writer of action-adventure/thriller novels and
a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, practicing under his “real” name James Paul
Czajkowski. And he is an amateur spelunker and certified scuba
diver, great background and settings for some of his tales.
Rollins studied
Veterinary Medicine at the University of Missouri and didn’t start writing
until 1999. Since then he has penned more than 50 novels, including the wildly
successful Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Witch
Fire – written under his other pen name James Clemens. That book was “discovered” as an entry in a
contest sponsored by the Maui Writers' Conference.
His most
recent books are A Dragon of Black Glass and A Fist of Molten Fire, released in the past two years under his “MoonFall” series. In his veterinarian career, Rollins
stays busy caring for abandoned or abused animals. But it’s books
that remain at the heart of things for him.
“Books are
keys that open many doors,” Rollins said. “Generally, if you preface a request
with, 'I'm an author writing a book,' for some reason, that seems to open a lot
of doors.”
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