**Cristina LePort emigrated to the U.S. from Italy when she was 26. Though she came for her medical school internship and residency, she could barely speak English.

Fast forward to October 2022--Cristina has been practicing medicine as a cardiology specialist for over 30 years. She is now publishing her first novel, written in English, which has already received praise from three New York Times bestselling thriller writers: Lee Childs, Tess Gerritsen, and Gregory Benford. Truly a dream come true!**

Cristina has combined her twin passions of medicine and fiction--in her medical thriller, Dissection (Bancroft Press, October 18, 2022), a handful of mysterious heart attack and stroke cases occur, preceded by the victims receiving a card warning them of their fate within an hour. Who and what is behind all this--and could it be part of a much larger conspiracy with a devastating and disastrous outcome?