Teresa
Tsalaky -
Health Care, Visionary Fiction
Former
Bainbridge Island
Review editor Teresa Tsalaky is the author of the non-fiction book
To
Life: A Guide to Finding Your Path Back to Health (2002). She also
wrote
The Transition Witness: Book 1 - Breathe, a 2014 novel published
to great acclaim. Transition Witness DC-1128, a woman whose job it is to
verify the deaths of people who are euthanized, revives one of the
'transitioners' and together they escape their futuristic totalitarian society.
"People are hungry for good fiction that feeds the soul,” says Tsalaky. "I
think
The Transition Witness just hit the right combination of literary
dynamism and a message that’s ripe for our times,” The novel's sequel is
expected soon. Tsalaky's series is part of an emerging genre called
visionary fiction, which emphasizes the transformation and evolution of
humanity. According to the Visionary Fiction Alliance, interest in the genre —
which became an official fiction category in 1999 — is growing rapidly.
