Authors

Abraham Verghese
Abraham Verghese is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the author of books including the NBCC Award finalist My Own Country and the New York Times Notable Book The Tennis Partner. His most recent book, Cutting for Stone, spent 107 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and sold more than 1.5 million copies in the U.S. alone. It was translated into more than twenty languages and is being adapted for film by Anonymous Content. Verghese was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2016, has received five honorary degrees, and is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. He lives and practices medicine in Stanford, California where he is the Linda R. Meier and Joan F. Lane Provostial Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine. A decade in the making, The Covenant of Water is his first book since Cutting for Stone.
Author Tour Dates
Saturday
10/07 |
Menlo Park, CA |
SOUTH ASIAN LITERARY FESTIVAL MENLO COLLEGE CAMPUS Keynote address and fireside discussion with Ajit Singh 1000 El Camino Real
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2:00pm |
Thursday
11/09 |
Austin, TX |
TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL Gala (Fri) and event (Sat) |
Time TK |
Monday
11/13 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
PITTSBURGH ARTS & LECTURES A “Ten Evenings” Lecture Series event |
7:30 PM |
Tuesday
11/14 |
Miami, FL |
MIAMI BOOK FAIR Standalone event |
Time TK |