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National DNA Day: Featuring Virtually Harmless and More Thrilling Reads
April 25 was National DNA Day! On April 25, 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick formally announced their discovery of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in a short letter published in the science journal, Nature. Their discovery has changed the world.
Disease and health care, genealogy, and crime investigation are three areas that have been hugely impacted by the discovery of DNA.
Where would crime fiction be without DNA evidence? So many cases, fictional and real-world, have been solved using DNA evidence.
The information that they can pull from your DNA now is amazing.
Reading science magazines in the 1980s, I predicted that someday we would reach the point where we would be able to describe a perpetrator (hair and eye colour, etc.) and maybe even face or body structure from a DNA sample left at the scene. Well, that day is today!
My fictional character Micah Miller is a forensic artist who works with composite pictures like this one to construct the likeness of criminals, victims, and persons of interest. In honor of National DNA Day, I have put Virtually Harmless on sale for a limited time for just $1.99 on Kindle and my eStore. Get it now, because it won’t last.
