Sally Quinn said the 'amazing' scientist in her bestseller was modeled after the infectious disease expert, whom she 'just fell in love with' at a dinner function.
task force, was the inspiration for a mysterious scientist character in a 1991 bestselling romance novel, author Sally Quinn has revealed.
She said she met Fauci ― who held the same position then as he does now, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ― when they were paired as dinner partners at a Washington function, sparking her inspiration for the character in her sequel to “Regrets Only.” Fauci was appointed director of NIAID in 1984 and was known by the 1990s for spearheading research in the fight against AIDS.
Now, as Fauci graces television screens across the country almost every night as a leader in the battle against COVID-19, the expertsomewhat of an unlikely celebrity, featured on everything from socks to a bobblehead to a petition to name him “sexiest man alive.”
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