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
Friday
04/28 |
Sonoma, CA |
SONOMA LITERARY FESTIVAL Talk and Q&A |
2:15 PM PT |
Saturday
04/29 |
Sonoma, CA |
SONOMA LITERARY FESTIVAL Authors on the Plaza With Dave Barry and Ada Limón |
11:00 AM PT |
Wednesday
05/03 |
Santa Monica, CA |
LIVE TALKS LA William Turner Gallery Bergamot Arts Station |
8:00 PM PT |
Monday
05/08 |
Houston, TX |
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE Humanities Expression and Arts Lab In conversation with Dr. Paul Klotman, President of BCM |
12:30 PM CT |
Monday
05/08 |
Houston, TX |
INPRINT In conversation with Ricardo Nuila Alley Theatre 615 Texas Avenue |
7:30 PM CT |
Tuesday
05/09 |
Dallas, TX |
DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART Horchow Auditorium 1717 North Harwood |
8:30 PM CT |
Thursday
05/11 |
San Francisco, CA |
CITY ARTS AND LETTERS In conversation with Michael Krasny Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes Street |
7:30 PM PT |
Monday
05/15 |
Coral Gables, FL |
BOOKS AND BOOKS 265 Aragon Ave. |
8:00 PM ET |
Tuesday
05/16 |
Decatur, GA |
GEORGIA CENTER FOR THE BOOK First Baptist Church of Decatur 308 Clairemont Ave |
7:00 PM ET |
Thursday
05/18 |
Nashville, TN |
PARNASSUS BOOKSTORE & HUMANITIES TENNESSEE Introduced by Dr. Karl VanderVender 3900 Hillsboro Pike #14 |
6:30 PM CT |
Monday
05/22 |
Washington, DC |
POLITICS & PROSE Offsite location Sidwell Friends School 3825 Wisconsin Ave |
Time TK |
Tuesday
05/23 |
Brooklyn, NY |
CENTER FOR FICTION 15 Lafayette Ave. |
Time TK |
Wednesday
05/24 |
Brookline, MA |
BROOKLINE BOOKSMITH Coolidge Corner Theater 90 Harvard Street |
Time TK |
Thursday
05/25 |
Toronto, ON |
TORONTO PUBLIC LIBRARY A Salon Series event Toronto Reference Library 789 Yonge Street |
Time TK |