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A Character in This Bestselling '90s Romance Novel Is Based on Dr. Fauci - Posted on May 5, 2020

The author met Dr. Fauci and ‘just fell in love with him.’
"The author of a popular romance novel from nearly two decades ago has come forward to reveal that one of the main characters is based on Dr. Anthony Fauci.
  • Sally Quinn, who in 1991 released the bestselling book Happy Endings, told Washingtonian magazine that the character arose after meeting Fauci at a function in D.C.
  • “I just fell in love with him. Usually those dinners, you make polite conversation, and that’s it,” Quinn said. “But we had this intense conversation, personal conversation. I thought, ‘Wow, this guy is amazing.’”
  • That interaction led Quinn to create Michael Lanzer, a National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientist working on a therapy for AIDS in the book...

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