TARALYN JOHNSON is a nurse practitioner who appreciates realistic (and preferably short) portrayals of death and dying in literature, regardless of genre. Her experience includes over five years in acute pain management, a year in pediatric and adult hospice, and six years in treating the physical complications of eating disorders. Perhaps because of her career choices, she’s committed to happy endings in fiction, and her four published books (under her pen name, Roxanne McNeil) have very minimal tragedy.