Eight years ago, I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. I won’t say it was a blessing in disguise because at the time, it turned my world upside down. The day the diagnosis was confirmed, my daughter was due to start college and had to fly across the country to begin her own journey. That must … Read more
Sara’s first novel Double Blind: The Icelandic Manuscript Murders will be released in digital form and in paperback on March 31st 2020! Geneticist Brynja Pálsdóttir mines the country’s controversial DNA database to crack the country’s toughest cases, none so puzzling as the disappearance of her young brother two decades earlier. Still wracked with guilt for losing sight of him … Read more
Ever wonder how Bluetooth technology got its name? Next time you pair an audiobook to your phone, tablet, or smart speaker, you can thank Harald “Bluetooth” Gormsson, Viking King of Denmark c. 958-986. Bluetooth was born into a new royal line centered at Jelling (North Jutland) and completed the country’s unification begun by his father. … Read more
No, I don’t mean beware the creepy holiday guest who steals a kiss while you stand unwittingly beneath a sprig of mistletoe. I mean beware the potential toxicity of holiday plants such as mistletoe. Poisonous plants are perhaps not the most cheerful of topics, but one that I admit I’ve become somewhat obsessed with after … Read more
On my first visit to Iceland, I immediately felt at home. My DNA seemed to belong there. The pure and wild landscapes, ice blue glaciers, black sand beaches, geothermal waters, rolling green pastures, colorful seaside towns, waterfalls, geysers, volcanos . . .all of it captured my heart. Perhaps even more so, I enjoyed getting to … Read more
Traveling through Patagonia, I’m struck by the magnitude of the place. Yes, the towering mountains, hanging glaciers, dry pampas, and old wood forests are vast, beautiful reminders of both the power and fragility of nature. But there are other giants wherever I turn. First, the fictional ones . . . The myth of the Patagonian Giants … Read more
SARA WINOKUR is a Ph.D. molecular geneticist whose research has been published in many scientific journals, including Human Molecular Genetics, Nature Genetics, and Cell/Stem Cell. As an ovarian cancer thriver, Sara has dedicated her life to family, friends, and her second career as an author of historical fiction and forensic mysteries. When not wandering the globe, Sara lives with her family and writes in Southern California.
Double Blind: The Icelandic Manuscript Murders is her debut novel.
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