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...Patricia McCormick is notthe kind of writer who sits at her keyboard waiting for inspiration. She's the kind of writer who finagles her way into a Kathmandu jail to interview a young Nepali man awaiting trial. He told McCormick without a hint of embarrassment that he had sold his fianc. Why? "Because I wanted a motorcycle," he replied. He then laughed with his jailers, knowing he would probably...
...does McCormick write for? Kids. The research on the teen sex trade was for her new young-adult novel, Sold (Hyperion Books for Children; 263 pages). A journalist by training, she's an avid researcher, but her books are not dry. Sold is told in poetic vignettes in the voice of Lakshmi, a 13-year-old girl who lives in rural Nepal. Life is grueling there for women young and old. "A girl is like a goat," a local saying goes. "Good as long as she gives you milk and butter. But not worth crying over when it's time...
...interdisciplinary project, and could potentially raise eyebrows among some medical and artistic purists. But, surprisingly, faculty and administrators seem to be on-board.The OFA stresses the interdisciplinary nature of both art and medical science. “OFA is multidisciplinary; we serve all art forms,” says Cathleen McCormick, director of programs at the OFA. “Systems Biology is multidisciplinary; it’s a new field in Biology.”Faculty members seem to agree. David A. Edwards, Gordon McKay professor of biomedical engineering at the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, says...
Talk about multitasking. Joshua Spanogle, 35, is going to Stanford Medical School and writing thrillers at the same time. His gripping debut novel, Isolation Ward (Delacorte), features Dr. Nathaniel McCormick, a young investigator from the Centers for Disease Control, who is desperate to stop a frightening new epidemic in Baltimore before it spreads. Is it terrorism? Is it treachery? Galley Girl caught Spanogle, not surprisingly, in the Stanford library...
Retired police officer Harry McCormick, 68, of Northport, N.Y., was so relaxed during his visit to the Cranwell Resort, Spa & Golf Club in Lenox, Mass., that while there he managed to write the last pages of a book about his life in law enforcement--between massages and frequent stops at the pool, sauna and steam room. He and wife Maureen, 66, a retired secretary, stay at the hotel at least twice a year. They spend about $700 on treatments, including Maureen's facials and his deep-tissue massages, which give him relief from two herniated discs. "It's like Dorothy...