About this user
Darden North, MD, is a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist who lives in Jackson, Mississippi, where he practices medicine at Jackson Healthcare for Women, PA. He and his wife Sally have two young adult children, as well as two dogs and a granddog. Norths first novel House Call (hardcover 2005, paperback 2007) was awarded Finalist in Mystery/Suspense by the 2008 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. His second novel Points of Origin (hardcover 2006) was recognized in Southern Fiction by the 2007 Independent Publishers Book Awards. Both House Call and Points of Origin were nominated in Fiction by the Mississippi Institute for Arts and Letters and by the Southern Independent Book Association. His third novel, Fresh Frozen, was released in hardcover in October 2008.
North is a member of Mystery Writers of America, the Mississippi Writers Guild, Sisters in Crime, and the Independent Book Publishers Association. He has participated as an author panelist in such literary presentations as Murder in the Magic City (Birmingham, AL), "Author! Author! Celebration of the Written Word" (Shreveport LA), Murder on the Menu (Wetumpka, AL), and Thriller Author Panel 2008 SIBA Trade Show (Mobile, AL). Darden North has exhibited at the 2005 Texas Book Festival; the 2007 Kentucky Bluegrass Book Festival; the 2006 Southern Independent Book Association in Orlando, Florida; the 2007 Mississippi Library Commission, and the 2008 South Carolina Book Festival.
More than 50 television and radio stations in several states have interviewed him, while reviews of his novels have been published in more than 20 magazines and newspapers. North has appeared at over 100 book signings or public speaking engagements and remains available for appearances.
2008 marked the beginning of 23 years of private medical/surgical practice, a background that lends unmistakable authenticity to his medical thrillers as Darden North portrays intense character relationships. He is writing a fourth novel as he continues to deliver babies and maintain a full gynecology practice.
Interests
Writing novels --- contemporary southern fiction, medical thrillers, mystery, suspenseGardening (or pretending to do so)Playing croquetWalking for exercise
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