Martha B. Boone
My only published novel is The Big Free and it comes out in paperback in January. (available on eReaders now)
I am a urologist and my medical training was exciting , but often grueling.
I wrote stories about my time in New Orleans at Charity Hospital. For 20 years, I had mailed the stories to one of my mentors.( the world famous trauma surgeon, Dr. Norman McSwain)
I wrote the stories to help me heal from the many painful and often funny experiences with patients.
Dr. McSwain had been encouraging me for years to write a novel using the themes of my stories. He became quite insistent in 2015. I said, "OK, I will write the books if I can use your name for the professor in the books."
He said, "I'd be honored."
And, I started writing the book that same day.
So, my ideas come from my experiences as a surgeon.
I am a urologist and my medical training was exciting , but often grueling.
I wrote stories about my time in New Orleans at Charity Hospital. For 20 years, I had mailed the stories to one of my mentors.( the world famous trauma surgeon, Dr. Norman McSwain)
I wrote the stories to help me heal from the many painful and often funny experiences with patients.
Dr. McSwain had been encouraging me for years to write a novel using the themes of my stories. He became quite insistent in 2015. I said, "OK, I will write the books if I can use your name for the professor in the books."
He said, "I'd be honored."
And, I started writing the book that same day.
So, my ideas come from my experiences as a surgeon.
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