<p>How do you transition from a 20-year career as a practicing pathologist to writing medical thrillers? In this episode of <em>Let&#39;s Talk Media</em>, the podcast about the careers and chaos in media, host Vedant Akhauri sits down with author Devan Greene. With a PhD in biochemistry and decades of hands-on medical experience, Devan writes gripping thrillers that combine real-world science with high-stakes crime <strong>(WARNING: The plots are NOT gory, but contain inherently dark and heavy subject matter).</strong></p><p><strong>In this episode, we discuss her following books:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Unnatural-Erica-Rosen-Trilogy-Book-ebook/dp/B0D4JM6NDJ/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=ZcT1M&content-id=amzn1.sym.3a079c4e-f938-40c9-a0ed-01ef0e9528e9&pf_rd_p=3a079c4e-f938-40c9-a0ed-01ef0e9528e9&pf_rd_r=144-7975653-8761260&pd_rd_wg=MFUeU&pd_rd_r=b76d590f-f074-4442-a445-7ec63e2d6237" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Unnatural</strong></a>: The first book in the Erica Rosen MD trilogy. The plot focuses on human embryonic genetic engineering, specifically following a Chinese program attempting to mutate a specific gene to create super-athletes.</li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Unwitting-Erica-Rosen-Trilogy-Book-ebook/dp/B0D4JNJJ7F/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=ZcT1M&content-id=amzn1.sym.3a079c4e-f938-40c9-a0ed-01ef0e9528e9&pf_rd_p=3a079c4e-f938-40c9-a0ed-01ef0e9528e9&pf_rd_r=144-7975653-8761260&pd_rd_wg=MFUeU&pd_rd_r=b76d590f-f074-4442-a445-7ec63e2d6237" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Unwitting</strong></a>: The second book in the Erica Rosen MD trilogy. It explores the topic of autism, featuring a severely autistic character (based on Greene&#39;s own son) who struggles with communication but holds crucial information about s*icide b*mbers extorting money.</li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Unforeseeen-Erica-Rosen-Trilogy-Book-ebook/dp/B0D4BFJ8DB/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=ZcT1M&content-id=amzn1.sym.3a079c4e-f938-40c9-a0ed-01ef0e9528e9&pf_rd_p=3a079c4e-f938-40c9-a0ed-01ef0e9528e9&pf_rd_r=144-7975653-8761260&pd_rd_wg=MFUeU&pd_rd_r=b76d590f-f074-4442-a445-7ec63e2d6237" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Unforeseen</strong></a>: The third and final book in the Erica Rosen MD trilogy. This thriller tackles the dark side of the pharmaceutical industry, focusing on a corrupt company that cuts dangerous corners.</li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ties-That-Kill-Thriller-Thrillers-ebook/dp/B0CVV65P4W/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=ZcT1M&content-id=amzn1.sym.3a079c4e-f938-40c9-a0ed-01ef0e9528e9&pf_rd_p=3a079c4e-f938-40c9-a0ed-01ef0e9528e9&pf_rd_r=144-7975653-8761260&pd_rd_wg=MFUeU&pd_rd_r=b76d590f-f074-4442-a445-7ec63e2d6237" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Ties That Kill</strong></a>: This novel centers on DNA fingerprinting and features a chemistry professor as an amateur sleuth. The story follows an adopted man who uses a genealogy website to find his half-siblings, only to discover someone is murdering them.</li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Organ-Broker-Deven-Greene-ebook/dp/B0DSKRWKWD/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=ZcT1M&content-id=amzn1.sym.3a079c4e-f938-40c9-a0ed-01ef0e9528e9&pf_rd_p=3a079c4e-f938-40c9-a0ed-01ef0e9528e9&pf_rd_r=144-7975653-8761260&pd_rd_wg=MFUeU&pd_rd_r=b76d590f-f074-4442-a445-7ec63e2d6237" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>The Organ Broker</strong></a>: This novel explores a dark concept regarding organ donation, specifically investigating what might happen if the organs of executed inmates on death row were made available for harvesting.</li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Happy-Sun-Farm-Deven-Greene-ebook/dp/B0FGKQ2HSL/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=ZcT1M&content-id=amzn1.sym.3a079c4e-f938-40c9-a0ed-01ef0e9528e9&pf_rd_p=3a079c4e-f938-40c9-a0ed-01ef0e9528e9&pf_rd_r=144-7975653-8761260&pd_rd_wg=MFUeU&pd_rd_r=b76d590f-f074-4442-a445-7ec63e2d6237" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Happy Sun Farm: Behind the Facade</strong></a>: This novel deals with bioterrorism, agricultural genetic modification, and a secret, foreign-owned bio-lab in California housing genetically engineered rats and dangerous viruses.</li></ul><ul><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rhino-Horn-Underground-Deven-Greene-ebook/dp/B0GWSGKDPT/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=ZcT1M&content-id=amzn1.sym.3a079c4e-f938-40c9-a0ed-01ef0e9528e9&pf_rd_p=3a079c4e-f938-40c9-a0ed-01ef0e9528e9&pf_rd_r=144-7975653-8761260&pd_rd_wg=MFUeU&pd_rd_r=b76d590f-f074-4442-a445-7ec63e2d6237" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Rhino Horn Underground</strong></a><strong> (Releases August 25, 2026): </strong>The story follows a female protagonist and hinges on a unique, science-based idea for how to actually save rhinos from being wiped out. <em><strong>Devan is also currently looking for a female audiobook narrator with a wide vocal range for her upcoming August release—contact her through her website if you have the experience and equipment!</strong></em></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>We also discuss the following:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>The 5-Year Pivot:</strong> How Devan mapped out a five-year plan to retire from her demanding medical career and transition into a full-time author, adhering to a strict, disciplined routine of writing 1,100 words a day.</li><li><strong>Predicting the Headlines:</strong> The eerie prescience of writing heavily researched medical thrillers. Devan discusses writing about a secret foreign-owned bio-lab in California just before a real one was discovered, and exploring human embryonic gene editing shortly before it made real-world international news.</li><li><strong>Personal Vulnerability in Thrillers:</strong> How Devan translated deeply personal experiences into her novel <em><strong>Unwitting</strong></em>, basing the main character on her own severely autistic son to explore how individuals with intense communication barriers could be exploited by bad actors.</li><li><strong>The Amateur Sleuth Genre:</strong> Why Devan grounds her books in realism by using pediatricians, chemistry professors, and farmers as her protagonists, rather than relying on standard police procedurals.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>You can learn more about Devan&#39;s work and sign up for her newsletter at <a href="https://www.devengreene.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">devengreene.com</a> (remember the &#39;e&#39; at the end of Greene!). </p><p>All her books are available wherever you buy books, including Amazon and Barnes &amp; Noble. </p><p>If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a rating to be notified of future episodes. 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