Gwendolyn Womack

The Memory Painter Gwendolyn Womack

Publisher Marketing: Two lovers who have traveled across time, a team of scientists at the cutting edge of memory research a miracle drug that unlocks an ancient mystery Bryan Pierce is an internationally famous artist whose paintings have dazzled the world. But there s a secret to his success: every canvas is inspired by an unusually vivid dream. When Bryan awakes, he possesses extraordinary new skills like the ability to speak obscure languages and an inexplicable genius for chess. All his life, he has wondered if his dreams are recollections, if he is re-experiencing other people s lives. Linz Jacobs is a brilliant neurogeneticist, absorbed in decoding the genes that help the brain make memories, until she is confronted with an exact rendering of a recurring nightmare at one of Bryan s shows. She tracks down the elusive artist, and their meeting triggers Bryan s most powerful dream yet: visions of a team of scientists who, on the verge of discovering a cure for Alzheimer s, died in a lab explosion decades ago. As Bryan becomes obsessed with the mysterious circumstances surrounding the scientists deaths, his dreams begin to reveal what happened at the lab, as well as a deeper mystery that may lead all the way to ancient Egypt. Together, Bryan and Linz start to discern a pattern. But a deadly enemy watches their every move, and he will stop at nothing to ensure that the past stays buried. A taut thriller and a timeless love story spanning six continents and ten thousand years of history, "The Memory Painter" is a riveting debut novel unlike any you ve ever read." Review Citations: Booklist 03/01/2015 pg. 24 (EAN 9781250053046, Other) Library Journal 02/01/2015 pg. 78 (EAN 9781250053039, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2015 (EAN 9781250053039, Hardcover) Booklist 03/01/2015 pg. 24 (EAN 9781250053039, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 04/20/2015 (EAN 9781250053039, Hardcover) Romantic Times 06/01/2015 pg. 44 (EAN 9781250053039, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Womack, Gwendolyn GWENDOLYN WOMACK grew up in Houston, Texas. She studied theatre at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, and then moved to California, where she received an MFA in Directing Theater, Video, and Cinema at the California Institute of the Arts and was a semi-finalist for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences s prestigious Nicholl Fellowship. Currently she lives in California. The Memory Painter is her first novel. Web: gwendolynwomack.comFacebook: Gwendolyn WomackTwitter: @Gwen_WomackContributor Bio:  Damron, Will Will Damron is an audiobook narrator whose readings include Christian Cantrell s "Kingmaker" and Ben Lieberman s "Odd Jobs".