L L Spriggs

L.L. Spriggs was born in St. Louis, MO and grew up in Houston, TX. She has spent the last 40 years in the New Orleans, LA area. Her first career was as a commercial artist in advertising. She then turned to medicine, earning a combined B.S. degree in Medical Technology from the University of New Orleans/LSU Medical Center in New Orleans, an M.H.S. degree in Hematology/Adult Education from LSU School of Allied Health Professions, and a Ph.D. in Anatomy and Cell Biology from Tulane Medical School. She did post-doctoral fellowships in both Pharmacology and Physiology before joining the Department of Structural and Cellular Biology (formerly Anatomy) at Tulane Medical School as an Assistant Professor of Anatomy. She was an Associate Professor of Anatomy at LSU Health Science Center, and a founding Professor of Anatomy at William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Hattiesburg, MS, before retiring in 2013. Dr. Spriggs received numerous teaching excellence awards from all three medical schools and was well known for her lecture presentations and dissecting skills. She is the author of several scientific research publications and has her own Scientific Editing and Consultant business. One of her goals after retiring was to write a suspense and mystery novel based on some of her real life experiences. Her first novel, "The Dissector", is a suspenseful story of greed, lust, revenge, and murder among the faculty of a major medical school -- truly a novel that both students and professors in any medical field can relate to. Any woman who has suffered under a controlling, manipulating, double-crossing boss will appreciate the ingenious way that Dr. Sarah Whitley, the protagonist, deals with the untenable situation she finds herself in. Dr. Spriggs can be contacted at llspriggs@pennmillpub.com.