Novels

Northern Liberties - A painter can imitate life through art, but he can also imitate death. Historical fiction bringing to life Thomas Eakins and the making of "The Gross Clinic."

Humboldt - A redwood cannot change its nature. Can a dope dealer? High adventure amid troubles between loggers and conservationists in the coastal canopy of Northern California.

S.I.C. Memorial - A family can survive anything, if it can hang on through a hurricane, a surf religion, and a brain transplant. A light-hearted romp through a dark hospital world.

Certain Stars Shot Madly - A true friend will never steal your girl, your wave, or your corpse. Four Southern Californian med school anatomy partners take wildly different paths.

Let Fall Thy Blade - Only in the heart of Aftica can the heart of surgeon change. A Kenyan vacation safari slides sideways from wild nature into a world of armed poachers, viral disease, and cardiac disaster.

Story Collections

Disease Beyond My Practice - No one can survive a bipolar world without a healthy dose of madness. In these stories, characters discover that the hoofbeats they hear may come, not from horses, but from zebras.

Of Lion Paw and Tiger Jaw - Humans may not be the only animals that crave freedom. In these works, we enter the minds of thirteen wild creatures and the humans that interact with them, for better or for worse.