HEALER: A NOVEL WITH TIMELESS TWISTS

San Diego Bookshelf

Book by Alex A. Kecskes

Reviewed by Pennell Paugh

October 16, 2024 (San Diego) -- Alex A. Kecskes, a San Diego resident, has written a debut book that mixes science fiction and fantasy with romance.

In 1888, Rene Sakin loses both her parents, falls into depression and is expelled from a prestigious medical college for laudanum abuse. Posing as a nurse, she leaves New York society determined to move medicine into the 20th century using herbs. She heads west to a Tennessee mining town where she meets a mysterious healer — Charles Noble.

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HEAR OUR INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR AND HOLLYWOOD WRITER/PRODUCER DEBORAH PRATT

East County News Service

April 23, 2015 (San Diego’s East County) -- Deborah M. Pratt, noted author, writer, director, producer and actress was in East County for a signing of her latest book, The Tempting: Seducing the Nephilim. East County Magazine Show’s Bookshelf host Reina Menasche sat down with Pratt for an exclusive interview aired on KNSJ radio, which you can now hear online here: https://www.eastcountymagazine.org/sites/eastcountymagazine.org/files/au...

Pratt has been executive producer of “The Net” for the USA network as well as head writer and co-executive producer of the NBC TV series “Quantum Leap.”