N.J. Gallegos is an Emergency Medicine Physician by day, horror author by night. Her freshman novel, The Broken Heart, follows an abused housewife who receives a heart transplant from a serial killer (hide all knives before reading). This Oct. 15th, her medical horror thriller, The Fatal Mind, drops. Other works include: Just Desserts (winner of an American Legacy Book Award in the Psychological Horror category), Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires, It’s Me, Hi, I’m the Zombie, it’s Me, and more. Catch her on The Scream Kings Podcast talking all things horror. Gallegos lives in Illinois with her wife and two cats. In her spare time, she enjoys binging reality tv (especially Bravo), brewing beer, and running while listening to EDM so she can drink said brewed beer.
Q: What is the first book that made you cry?
A: Where the Red Fern Grows. As someone who was absolutely obsessed with my cat, the idea of losing her gutted me. The book was my first brush with mortality and made me realize the impermanence of all things.
Q: Does writing energize or exhaust you?
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