About Ritu:
One of my favorite outings as a kid was the weekly trip to our local library. I remember how I loved to fill my mom’s blue tote bag with books, and the thrill of new worlds to be discovered. Not much has changed since those days–except that I have a new tote bag!
You can often find me in a library or bookstore, happily whiling away the hours. Reading is the way I start and finish each day: a place of sanctuary, of learning and exploration. Mystery and crime fiction have long been my favorite genre.
As a medical student in Philadelphia, I would often explore the city, wandering through the narrow cobblestone lanes. My first apartment was at 9th and Pine Street, just a block from Pennsylvania Hospital. I remember taking the tour of the historic surgical amphitheater and discovering places like the Mutter Museum and the medical library at the College of Physicians. I learned of the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania and was so intrigued by these trailblazing women. I often imagined what their lives might have been like, living and working in the city more than one hundred years before me.
Published book:
Murder by Degrees – 2023
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