biographical statement

Gregg R. Luke (born 1959) is a pharmacist and author in Utah.

Gregg R. Luke was born in 1959 in Bakerfield, California. After attending several schools in the area, he served as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Wisconsin, after which he spent several months at Brigham Young University (BYU) on a cinematography scholarship. He returned to California and worked for two years at a research center in Santa Barbara before pursuing further education at Santa Barabara City College, the University of California, Santa Barabara, and BYU majoring in Biological Science before attending the University of Utah College of Pharmacy, graduating in 1990. He has been a practicing pharmacist ever since, and is as of 2012 the director of Pharmacy for the Cache Valley Community Health Center in Logan.

Luke has been an avid writer since childhood, and he enjoys the "science-based" thrillers of Robin Cook, Tom Clancy, and Michael Chrichton. He was a finalist of three Whitney Awards from 2008-2010.

Citation:

Sacred voyage, c2004: t.p. (Gregg R. Luke)

The survivors, [2007]: t.p. (Gregg Luke) p. 277 (Gregg R. Luke)

GreggLuke.com, via WWW, January 7, 2011 (Gregg was born November 20, 1959 in Bakersfield, California. He moved to and attended school in Santa Barbara, California. He attended Santa Barbara City College, UC Santa Barbara, and BYU majoring in Biological Sciences then University of Utah College of Pharmacy, graduating in 1990. He moved to Logan, Utah in 2001 and is currently the Director of Pharmacy for the Cache Valley Community Health Center in Logan. After he graduated from college he began to write seriously. He has published 5 books between 2004 and 2010)

Utah Library Association website, via WWW, Feb. 2, 2012 (Gregg R. Luke, R.Ph.; served LDS mission to Wisconsin; LDS fiction author)

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