Bonny Specker, a recently retired epidemiologist, has published over 200 scientific papers and chapters. She has drawn on her lifelong fascination with the investigative work of early epidemiologists to write two historical novels: Spot On: The 1846 Faroe Islands Measles Outbreak and Smallpox: The 1876 New Iceland Outbreak on Lake Winnipeg. Specker lives in Brookings, where she serves on the City Council.

Featured title: Smallpox: The 1876 New Iceland Outbreak on Lake Winnipeg

BONNY’S EVENTS:

• Friday, Sept. 22 @ 12:45 p.m. – Fiction? Poetry? Me? Academics Get Creative – The Lodge, Russell Room
• Friday, Sept. 22 @ 4:30 p.m. – Author Signing Event – The Lodge, Bullock & Roosevelt Rooms

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