Novelist Dorothy Van Soest, professor emerita and former dean at the University of Washington, holds a B.A. in English Literature and a Masters and Ph.D. in Social Work. Nuclear Option, her third Sylvia Jensen mystery, is grounded in her activism in the nuclear disarmament movement in the 1980s and her concerns about the increased risks of nuclear war in the present. Van Soest has twelve books published and over fifty journal articles, essays and book chapters. Three previous novels, Just Mercy (2014), At the Center (2015) and Death, Unchartered (2018) were published by Apprentice House. www.dorothyvansoest.com
