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About the Author
Bios are so boring! They give me the same feeling I get when people ask, “And what do you do?” I hate that. I used to make up occupations. I’d say I was a chicken-sexer — that’s a real occupation! — or a talent scout for a male striptease place. That made for a lot more interesting conversation than saying I was a psychologist, which I was for twenty-five years.
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Suzanne Beecher (left) and author Blaize Clement (right). |
When I meet somebody for the first time, I don’t give a gnat’s patootie where they were born or what school they went to or how they make their living. I want to know their favorite color, their favorite book, their favorite movie. I want to know what they’re passionate about, what makes them get up every morning, what they believe in.
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My passion is people. I think people are absolutely magnificent. Not the power-hungry heads of governments or churches or corporations who justify all kinds of horror if it suits their goals, but the rest of us. In spite of the awful things some human beings do in order to control other human beings, most people are peacefully going about their own business, and I applaud that. Families are the backbone of any civilization, and parenting is the most important job in the world.
As a polio survivor, I’m zealous about ADA laws being implemented and intelligently observed. I try to keep a sense of humor about architectural barriers, but curb cuts and gentle ramps aren’t so difficult to install, and they make life a lot easier for many people. And does anybody know the purpose of those metal bars attached to the walls in handicap-accessible bathrooms? I used to think they might be there in case somebody in a wheelchair decided to rinse out her panty hose, but that can’t be it.
My favorite story of all time is Rudyard Kipling’s The Elephant’s Child. My favorite scene in all literature is from another Rudyard Kipling story, The Jungle Book, where the wolf pack has met to look over the new cubs so they would know their own from an enemy, and Father Wolf pushes Mowgli into the center.
Come to think of it, I suppose those beloved stories about the intelligence and nobility of animals, coupled with my passion for families and children has inevitably led to writing the Dixie Hemingway Mystery series. The relationship between people and pets is one of the highest examples of unconditional love, and Dixie Hemingway is a professional pet sitter who values her family and the pets she takes care of above all else.
Okay, that’s some of my bio. Now you know the “real me.” I hope we meet someday and that you’ll tell me about the real you. -- Blaize Clement
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