Gerry Mackey's Profile Page
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Thewordwright
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| Readers | 20 |
| Hits | 1728 |
| Online Status | OFFLINE |
| Member Since | 01/10/2008 |
| Last Online | 06/04/2009 |
| Last Updated | 12/06/2008 |
| Gender: | Male |
| State/Province: | Tennessee |
| Country: | United States |
| Genre(s): | sci fi, mystery, suspense, thriller, action, adventure, |
About Me
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Born in the summer of 1955 in Brooklyn, New York, I grew up and played on the streets of Queens until I was about seven years old, and then my parents moved our family out to Amityville on Long Island. When I turned eleven, my father, who was a New York City police officer, retired and moved us to Ft. Lauderdale , Florida. We stayed temporarily with my grandfather, who was also a retired NYC policeman, until our house was built.
After graduating from Chaminade Catholic High School in 1973, I attended Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne for one year, majoring in marine biology. Then I transferred to Florida State University, where I earned my Bachelor’s of Science degree in 1977, majoring in Science Education and Biology. Two months after graduation, I was hired as a physics teacher at Christopher Columbus Catholic High School in Miami, Florida.
After three years of teaching, which required working long hours for very little money, a friend talked me into applying to the City of Miami Beach for a police officer position. I scored very high on the test and entered the Miami-Dade police academy in February of 1981. Five and a half months later I graduated and thus began my law enforcement career.
During my 22 ½ year career, I worked in Uniformed Patrol for the first three years, then as a Traffic Homicide Investigator for the next nine. Once I realized I had burned out emotionally from picking up body parts and dead children at gruesome accidents scenes, followed up with the (even more devastating) death notifications to family members, I transferred to the more upbeat Crime Prevention Unit. There I gave presentations to homeowners, business owners, work and civic groups, as well as manned booths at home shows, car shows, and other major functions. While in Crime Prevention, I also joined the bike patrol, cruising around the Section 8 low-income housing in a Public Relations/Liaison role.
Eventually I became a detective and was assigned to the Background Investigations Unit. There we conducted background checks for all potential employees within the police department, from police chief to janitor. I travelled all over the State of Florida, and even further, to New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio, to investigate police applicants. I was also trained to use a type of truth verification instrument, called a Computer Voice Stress Analyzer, which is similar to a polygraph. Besides conducting pre-employment interviews, I also assisted robbery and homicide detectives with their witness and suspect interviews.
Finally, in June of 2003 I retired from public service. My wife and I moved to the Cumberland Plateau in Middle Tennessee, where we built a house on four acres in the forest. My wife Katie, a certified Psychiatric Registered Nurse and a Captain in the US Army Reserve, was mobilized to active duty on November 1, 2006. That was the day I decided to write my first novel. Knowing the cold winter was fast approaching, and that I was going to be alone for months, I decided I would need an indoor hobby for those times when it would be too chilly to go outside. I don’t know how or why I chose writing, it just happened. I started writing about a fictional rookie police officer, and soon the words just seemed to flow. I have enjoyed writing so much, I've already completed the sequel and am now working on my third book in the series. Besides writing, my wife and I both enjoy all outdoor activities, such as gardening, hiking, and boating, and together with our three dogs and one cat are happy with our peaceful, quiet existence. http://katiemaguirenovels.com/home |
My Bookshelf
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| The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings Trilogy by Tolkien Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee The Stand by Stephen King 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe The Complete Works of WIlliam Shakespeare 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin I, Robot by Isaac Asimov Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein Doomsday Book by Connie Willis The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Dracula by Bram Stoker Frankenstein by Mary Shelley The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger A Brave New World by Aldous Huxley The Last Man on the Moon by Eugene Cernan Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris Lord of the Flies by William Golding The Way of the Wolf by L. David Mech Contact by Carl Sagan The Valley of Horses by Jean Auel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck A Brief History of Time and The Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen Hawking The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemmingway The Iliad and the Odyssey by Homer Bulfinch's Mythology The World According to Dave Barry Gray's Anatomy |
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The long-awaited sequel to the first book, A Necessary End, is finally out! Here's a quick summary: As in the first book, our heroine K...
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Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
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Forum Posts
Forum Statistics
| Forum Ranking | Gold Boarder |
| Total Posts | 107 |
| Karma | 7 |
Forum Posts
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| 06/30/2008 11:17:54 | Eliminating The Middleman, by Chris Forman | Reviews and Reviewers | 232 |
| 04/05/2008 01:23:20 | Re:Hi | Introduce Yourself | 333 |
| 03/21/2008 09:15:18 | Re:What am I ? | Riddles | 9053 |
| 03/21/2008 08:00:52 | Re:What am I ? | Riddles | 9053 |
| 03/21/2008 07:53:19 | Re:What am I ? | Riddles | 9053 |
| 03/20/2008 22:15:31 | Re:What am I ? | Riddles | 9053 |
| 02/29/2008 21:41:42 | Re:Pulp, Horror and what ever else I got. | Introduce Yourself | 707 |
| 02/29/2008 17:50:53 | Re:hey, it's me. No, no, I mean me! | Introduce Yourself | 1101 |
| 02/29/2008 16:05:41 | Re:hey, it's me. No, no, I mean me! | Introduce Yourself | 1101 |
| 02/29/2008 16:01:42 | Re:hello hello | Introduce Yourself | 435 |
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1: Buy It!
| Title: | A Necessary End |
| Price: | $12.95 |
| ISBN#: | 978-1-4303-2168-2 |
| Buy It Here: | Lulu.com |
| Abstract: | When 23 year old Katie Maguire graduated from the Miami police academy, she was ready to begin her new career with the South Beach Police Department. That’s when Sergeant Steve Callaghan approached her for a special undercover assignment as an underage prostitute. Officer Maguire was led to believe it was an easy detail, with very little danger involved. And it was, until Murphy's Law took over, and then all hell broke loose.
Suddenly the FBI and CIA were involved, as was the mysterious Mr. Smith and his team of mercenaries. The previously routine South Beach vice investigation had now become an international incident involving hostile governments and weapons of mass destruction. Unaware of what was happening, Katie got caught in the middle of the whole mess, discovering herself being held captive aboard a luxury yacht, heading halfway around the globe. Her captor was dashing and handsome, and despite her predicament, Katie found herself falling for him. Unfortunately, with her destiny still unfulfilled, Death was about to catch up to Katie, after having followed her closely since she was a baby. Now, with a tenacious grip, it was preparing to drag her into oblivion. |
2: Buy It!
| Title: | Seed of Thetis |
| Price: | $16.95 |
| ISBN#: | 978-1-4357-1507-3 |
| Buy it Here: | Lulu Publishing |
| Abstract: | As in the first book, our heroine Katie again finds herself in the midst of an international incident, thrust into a completely unexpected life and death situation. Only this time, she's not on the job . . . she's on vacation!
After recovering from her nearly fatal exposure to a terrorist's deadly virus (read A Necessary End), Officer Katie Maguire and her best friend, Officer Marty Goldman, are rewarded for helping to save the world from a global pandemic with a one week Caribbean cruise aboard the MS Atlantis Pearl. They get to travel with their paternalistic supervisor, Sergeant Steve Callaghan, and his new love interest, Miami FBI Director Angela Palmer. In addition to the South Beach cops, there's also a large contingent of New York City policemen and firemen, as well as a national convention of nurses, onboard the cruise ship.
The trip is going well until the ship docks in Kingston, Jamaica, where things quickly take a turn for the worse. Their problems start when Katie and Marty decide to go on a horseback riding excursion into the mysterious Blue Mountains located in the eastern tip of the large tropical island. Formerly a haven for pirates, it is said that the mountains and adjacent castle ruins along the coastline still harbor the ghosts of these long-dead buccaneers. The two Miami cops, along with their superstitious Jamaican trail guide and seven other members of the tour group, must soon deal with one disaster after another along the isolated horse trail. And then they discover they are not alone . . .
Follow the continuing adventures of our favorite South Beach police rookie, Katie Maguire, as she and Marty attempt to save a group of strangers, and themselves, from the clutches of more evil men. |