Jody also wrote The Dragonlover’s Guide to Pern, a non-fiction-style guide to the world of internationally best-selling author Anne McCaffrey’s popular world. Strong Arm Tactics, a humorous military science fiction novel, the first of The Wolfe Pack series. Among the novels Jody has written are her epic fantasy series, The Dreamland, beginning with Waking In Dreamland, five contemporary humorous fantasies, Mythology 101, Mythology Abroad, Higher Mythology (the three collected by Meisha Merlin Publishing as Applied Mythology), Advanced Mythology, The Magic Touch, and three medical science fiction novels, Taylor’s Ark, Medicine Show and The Lady and the Tiger. Since 1987 she has published over 50 books and more than 165 short stories. During her time at WFBN, she was part of the engineering team that built the station, acted as Technical Director during live sports broadcasts, and worked to produce in-house spots and public service announcements. For four years, she was on the technical operations staff of a local Chicago television station, WFBN (WGBO), serving the last year as Technical Operations Manager.

Before breaking away from gainful employment to write full time, Jody worked as a file clerk, book-keeper at a small publishing house, freelance journalist and photographer, accounting assistant and costume maker.

Jody Lynn Nye lists her main career activity as ‘spoiling cats.’ When not engaged upon this worthy occupation, she writes fantasy and science fiction books and short stories. They’re hiding a dark secret, and as Shona learns more about her new hosts and their strange fascination with animals, her new job turns into a nightmare. Shona Taylor receives her posting as physician to the settlers on Jardindor, she packs up her family – children and medical menagerie, as well as Chirwl, the alien ottle – expecting a very serene six months.īut the people of Jardindor are guarding more than their perfect world. Jardindor is, by most estimates, a new Eden: from the number of trees to the exact spacing of every lamppost and garden, the alien planet is perfection, a totally controlled terraformed world on the outreaches of colonized space. Shona Taylor takes on a new assignment, and discovers a chilling reality behind a picture perfect planet… Shona and her family fall into danger as the owners of the planet fear that she might reveal their secrets to the rest of the galaxy.ĭr. To her surprise, the colonists have a secret, a most unusual menagerie of their own. Shona Taylor takes her family and her medical menagerie to her new assignment on the gorgeous planet of Jardindor, she expects it to be an easy assignment, catering to a very wealthy clientele.

The Lady and the Tiger by Jody Lynn Nye