Special Show with Author Carol Cassella hosted by Susan Wingate

Carol Cassella, M.D. is a practicing physician and national bestselling author of two novels, Oxygen (2008) and Healer (2010), published by Simon & Schuster and translated into multiple foreign languages. Both novels were Indie Next Picks and finalists for the Washington State Book Award in fiction. She has been Writer in Residence at Peninsula College in Port Angeles, Washington, and the recipient of a writing residency at HedgebrookExternal Links icon retreat.

Carol majored in English Literature at Duke University and attended Baylor College of Medicine. She is board certified in both internal medicine and anesthesiology, and practiced primary care with a focus on cross cultural and underserved populations before becoming an anesthesiologist. Prior to writing fiction she wrote for the Global Health division of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, covering their grant projects throughout the developing world. She is a Wall Street Journal Expert Panelist and Associate Editor of Mind to Mind, the literary section in Anesthesiology, the journal of the American Society of Anesthesiology. She is a founding member of Seattle7WritersExternal Links icon, a non-profit supporting literacy and reading in the Pacific Northwest, and also serves on medical boards working in NicaraguaExternal Links icon and BhutanExternal Links icon. Carol lives on Bainbridge Island, Washington with her husband and two sets of twins. Her third novel Gemini was released in March, 2014.

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