J.D. Masterson

J.D. Masterson (born June 14, 1965) is an author, psychologist, and anti-vaccine activist. In January 2011, her first novel was released. The Scorpion's Sting: A Magdalena LaSige Novel is a fictional novel portraying a vast conspiracy among the pharmaceutical industry and religious and governmental institutions.

Early life
Masterson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She finished school rather early, graduating from high school at the age of 15, completing her Bachelor's degree in 3 years and her Masters in 2.5 years. She also finished her Ph.D. at the age of 24, which was awarded to her in May 1990. She has lived in various states in the US, has traveled across Africa and Europe and currently resides in Newport, Vermont. Masterson is a Ph.D. hematology/oncology child psychologist. She worked with terminally ill children and their families and then in private practices for over 15 years, but after increased interference and control of managed care versus patient care, she left that line of work. She became a financial adviser for a reputable firm before selling that practice and moving to Vermont to become a vice president of a leading Northeastern bank. She was prompted to start the Magdalena LaSige series after experiencing firsthand the exorbitant corporate greed in pharmaceutical, medical and financial investment and banking organizations and reaching the proverbial glass ceiling in the finance institutions.

During her earlier years, Masterson won various awards including Young Career Woman, Who's Who Among American Teachers, and Acting and Scholastic Awards in New York City.

The Scorpion's Sting
Dr. Masterson's first novel, The Scorpion's Sting: A Magdalena Lasige Novel, won a 2011 Los Angeles Book Festival Award in March 2011 and an New York Book Festival Award in June 2011. Masterson was also featured "Hot New Author" at BookExpo America 2011, signing 130 books in just 60 minutes.

The Scorpion's Sting is planned to be the first of a series of suspense novels that are being written to expose pharmaceutical, religious and governmental fallacies and each one is based on true events that combine history, mystery and suspense. The main character, Magdalena LaSige is a criminal "archepsychologist" - a term created by Masterson. The book purports to "examine the core beliefs Americans have been taught," with each novel questioning "lies that are accepted as truths" through fictional characters.

Awards

 * Earned the 1990 Young Career Woman title.
 * Won a Los Angeles Book Festival Honorable Mention for her first novel in the series, The Scorpion's Sting.
 * Won a New York Book Festival Honorable Mention for her first novel in the series, The Scorpion's Sting.
 * Won a New England Book Festival Honorable mention for her first novel in the series, The Scorpion's Sting.