Abraham Verghese and Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese is the author of three best-selling books, Cutting for Stone, his first novel now in paperback, and two non-fiction books, My Own Country, and The Tennis Partner, which were both critically acclaimed. He blogs regularly on The Atlantic.com, and his work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The New Yorker. He lives in Palo Alto, California, and is a tenured professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, where he is Senior Associate Chair for the Theory & Practice of Medicine.

What's New

Abraham Verghese lists his choices for the five best books about doctors' lives in the July 10 issue of the Wall Street Journal.

Watch PBS' Fred De Sam Lazaro's July 16 interview with Abraham Verghese on medical topics.
For the transcript, check here.

Cutting for Stone ranked #7 on the July 25 New York Times Paperback  Fiction list.

In Stanford Medicine's The Healing Hand, Abraham Verghese discusses putting the physical back in the physical exam.

Cutting for Stone is #4 on the Independent Booksellers list of paperback fiction for the week of July 29. This listing from the American Booksellers Association, reflects sales in independent bookstores nationwide.

Watch a video interview: Abraham Verghese talks about writing and medicine.