Bernadette Pajer

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Bernadette Pajer is an author known for her works, particularly the Professor Bradshaw Mystery series, whodunnits set in her home of Washington State circa 1900, about a professor who applies his knowledge of the new science of electrical engineering to solve murders. She has contributed to the mystery genre with her novels, gaining recognition for her storytelling and character development.

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Biography

Pajer is a resident of the Pacific Northwest. Richard Bach, author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, inspired Bernadette to pursue her passion of writing.

She earned a creative writing certificate from the University of Washington. In 2001 she decided to complete her pre-engineering bachelor's degree that she had started earlier but instead focused on culture, literature, and the arts. [1]

Pajer is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Northwest Science Writers, and the Seattle7Writers.org. She lives in the Seattle area with her husband and son.

Anti-vaccination lobbying

Pajer is a board member of Informed Choice Washington, [2] an organization that opposes vaccination requirements in schools and daycare centers. Pajer lobbied against Washington State HB1638, a bill that banned personal exemptions to the MMR vaccine in the state. [3]

Professor Bradshaw & Company

Pajer's Professor Bradshaw Mysteries explore the changing world of Seattle circa 1900. [4] The series introduces various electrical inventions, such as the Tesla Coil, through the protagonist, Benjamin Bradshaw, a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Washington. [4]

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References

  1. "Fiction novel finds a setting in scientific history". Bainbridge Island Review. May 16, 2013.
  2. "About Us - Informed Choice Washington".
  3. Herzog, Katie (2019-01-30). "Vaccine Skeptics Fight Washington Bill to End Personal Exemptions". The Stranger. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
  4. 1 2 "Adam Woog, The Seattle Times. May 13, 2012. Crime Fiction: Seattle Area Authors set their mysteries here, there, and Cincinnati". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  5. Publishers Weekly, May 30, 2011, A Spark of Death: A Professor Bradshaw Mystery
  6. Publishers Weekly, Jan. 30, 2012, Fatal Induction: A Professor Bradshaw Mystery.
  7. Publishers Weekly, April 15, 2013, Capacity for Murder: A Professor Bradshaw Mystery.
  8. Publishers Weekly, July 14, 2014, The Edison Effect: A Professor Bradshaw Mystery.