ABOUT THIS AUTHOR

Physician-writer Abraham Verghese is a professor at Stanford University, where he is vice-chair in the department of medicine and director of PRESENCE, a research center exploring the art and science of human connection. He is the author of four books, including his debut novel Cutting for Stone, which spent over two years on The New York Times bestseller list and was named by Amazon one of its “100 Books to Read in a Lifetime.” In 2011, Verghese was elected to the National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine, and in 2016, President Obama honored him with a National Humanities Medal. He is the recipient of the SVWC Writer in the World Prize and his new novel, THE COVENANT OF WATER, set during the 1940s in Glasgow and in India’s Kerala state, was released on May 4, 2023.