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Born February 21, 1956, in Jackson, MS, Darden North was raised in the Mississippi Delta as an only child. Nearing his twenty-second anniversary in active medical practice as an obstetrician gynecologist, he often fields the question "How did you ever get interested in writing fiction?" (Quite frequently he also gets the query "How in the world do you have time to be a doctor and write books?" --- a question he often asks himself!)
Perhaps his taste for the arts was seeded there in the Mississippi Delta while attending the seventh grade. Much to his mother Evelyn's urging and against his initial argument, North starred in the speaking and singing role of Louis in the The King and I, produced by the Cleveland (MS) Little Theater. While continuing to be a straight A student and looking toward the sciences for a career, his desire to expand his horizons continued as he played three different musical instruments in the public school marching and concert bands. In addition, some early afternoons were spent taking piano lessons; but alas, he can no longer play any of the four instruments well. Furthermore, after the family piano was recently converted to a computerized-player version, his fledging career as a musician was finally buried.
Without question, Darden North's interest in writing and publishing sparked while serving as editor-in-chief of the award-winning 1978 OLE MISS annual (At which time he began dating his future wife Sally Fortenberry, who was on the yearbook staff herself and served as editor the following year) and on the 1982 MEDIC yearbook, both published in hardcover. The fact that both his wife and mother have been English teachers could not have hurt either.
After graduating magna cum laude from the University of Mississippi in 1978 with a BA in zoology and minors in both English and chemistry and induction into The Hall of Fame, he finished medical school and obstetrics/gynecology specialty training at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 1982 and 1986, respectively, where he was a member of Alpha Omega Alpha honorary society.
He and his wife Sally married in 1979 and have remained in Jackson since. After serving as chief-of-staff at two local hospitals, he remains active in the American Medical Association, the Mississippi State Medical Association, and the South Central Obstetrical and Gynecological Society while maintaining a full-time ob/gyn medical and surgical practice. Darden and Sally have two young adult children, William and Anderson, as well as two dogs and a grand dog.
Years ago Darden North traded his golf clubs for a laptop but on occasion can be seen with a tennis racket or garden shovel. North has written and published two novels, House Call and Points of Origin, and anticipates the release of his third fiction title, Fresh Frozen, before the end of 2008.
Birth Place: Jackson, MS USA
Accomplishments: Darden North, MD, is a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist who lives in Jackson, Mississippi, where he practices medicine at Jackson Healthcare for Women, PA, and writes popular fiction. North’s first novel House Call was independently published in hardcover in 2005 followed by paperback release in October 2007. His second hardcover novel Points of Origin was recognized in Southern Fiction by the 2007 Independent Publishers Book Awards. Both novels have received numerous published reviews. North is a member of Mystery Writers of America; the Mississippi Writers Guild; the Southern Writers Group; PMA, the Independent Book Publishers Association; Crossroads Film Society; as well as a brother member of Sisters in Crime. He attended the 2005 Oxford (MS) Conference for the Book; presented at the 2006 Southern Independent Book Association Show (Orlando, FLA); exhibited at the 2007 Bluegrass Book Festival (Lexington, KY); and was a 2008 author panelist at both Murder in the Magic City (Birmingham, ALA) and Murder on the Menu (Wetumpka, ALA). Most recently he exhibited at the 2008 South Carolina Book Festival in Columbia, SC.
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POINTS OF ORIGIN In Points of Origin, the death of 19-year-old patient Flowers Ridley costs Dr. Dan Foxworth his reputation, his fortune, his plastic surgery dynasty, and ultimately his own life. Still reeling from the tragedy and struggling to overcome his rejection from medical school, Dr. Foxworth’s son, Sher, breaks with family tradition and becomes a fireman. His new occupation pits him agai...
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Articles
Read an excerpt from POINTS OF ORIGIN by Darden North, MD
In most places and concerning most people, appearances are not a luxury but a necessity. No family finds that more true than the Foxworths of Larkspur, a charming but greedy Mississippi town.
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Read an excerpt from HOUSE CALL by Darden North, MD
HOUSE CALL By Darden North, MD
Genre:Fiction, Mystery, Medical Thriller
Hardcover ISBN-10 0977112608
Paperback ISBN-10 0977112624
ISBN-13 9780977112623
360 pages, orig...
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News
POINTS OF ORIGIN named finalist in 2008 Indie Book Awards by Darden North, MD
POINTS OF ORIGIN has been named a Finalist in the Mystery/Suspense category of the 2008 Next Generation Indie Book Awards.
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Darden North scheduled for Louisiana author panel by Darden North, MD
Darden North will be joining other authors in Shrevepport, Louisiana, for a weekend event including author panel discussions,book signings, and other literary programs, not to mention a couple of part...
Darden North featured author on The Final Twist by Darden North, MD
http://www.thefinaltwist.com/bookclub.htm
The Final Twist
Houston Chapter of Sisters in Crime™
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Author Darden North featured at Book Lovers Day by Darden North, MD
Conversations Book Club welcomed the public to its first "Book Lovers Day" in Mississippi! The event was geared toward authors, book club members, and book lovers throughout the state inviting them to...
POINTS OF ORIGIN - recent book review by Darden North, MD
Cyrus Webb, president of Conversations Book Club, publishes outstanding review of POINTS OF ORIGIN by Darden North, MD, in the April 19, 2008 Rankin Ledger....
Darden North quoted in PMA Independent by Darden North, MD
Mystery novelist Darden North is interviewed by Linda Carlson in her recent article appearing in the February 2008 edition of "PMA Independent" the publication of PMA, the Independent Book Publishers ...
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Events
Book Signing and Sale - Tupelo, MS- 2008 Celebration Holiday Market 10/22/2008
Attendance of 21,500 expected at the sixth annual event to support the Sanctuary Hospice House. Traditionally a very successful holiday market.Look for booth "Darden North, MD - Author, Novels of Southern Fiction."...
Mississippi Writers Guild 2008 Conference 8/15/2008
HOUSE CALL and POINTS OF ORIGIN will be available for sale at the Mississippi Writers Conference by Loreli Books of Vicksburg, and Darden will be available to sign and personalize his novels along with other authors during the conference at the Battl...
Neshoba County Fair - Book Signing and Sale 7/26/2008
Author Darden North will be joining fellow Mississippi author Steven Stubbs
for an exhibit (Booth 17) of all of their works, available for sale and personal autographing. Steve is the author of NESHOBA AT WAR, DUTY-HONOR-VALOR, and MISSISSIPPI'S ...
Book Signing - Bay Books in Bay St. Louis, MS 6/14/2008
Independently owned and operated, this book store carries a wide variety of reading material. One can browse best selling or Southern fiction, children's books, cookbooks, home design and much more. Darden North will be signing both POINTS OF ORIGIN ...
Book Signing - Books-A-Million Hattiesburg, MS 6/14/2008
Author Darden North, MD, on hand to sign and personalize copies of HOUSE CALL and POINTS OF ORIGIN. Call store to place advance orders. 601.268.2431...
Book Signing - Darden North, MD - Sundog Books - Seaside, FL 6/5/2008
Sundog Books
89 Central Square
(Downtown Seaside, Florida)
Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459
http://market.emeraldcoast.com/Sundog+Books.262134.7346087.home.html
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Book Signing - Book Expo America- Los Angeles, CA 5/30/2008
Author Darden North, MD, will be appearing to sign copies of POINTS OF ORIGIN Friday, May 30, 2008 from 3:00 to 3:30 pm in the AtlasBooks booth at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
POINTS OF ORIGIN will be displayed in the AtlasBooks booth ...
Book Signing - Las Vegas, NV to be rescheduled 5/17/2008
Hours of Operation: 9-11 Every Day
Payment Options: Cash, Checks, Debit Cards, Discover, MasterCard, VISA
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Darden North reads and signs at Pearl (MS) Library 4/18/2008
In honor of National Library Week, author Darden North returns to the Pearl (MS) Library Brown Bag Luncheon. North will read from his second novel POINTS OF ORIGIN and preview his third novel FRESH FROZEN scheduled for October 2008 release. POINTS OF...
Authors Event and Book Signing - Birmingham, AL 4/12/2008
Book Signing Event featuring several authors. Alabama Author Expo!
Saturday, April 12, from 11-3
Join us as Books-A-Million presents an expo of Alabama authors! Held at Vulcan Park and Museum, this expo is a great way to discover new books by...
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POINTS OF ORIGIN (100,000 words/hardcover) In Points of Origin, the death of 19-year-old patient Flowers Ridley costs Dr. Dan Foxworth his reputation, his fortune, his plastic surgery dynasty, and ultimately his own life. Still reeling from the tragedy and struggling to overcome his rejection from medical school, Dr. Foxworth’s son, Sher, breaks with family tradition and becomes a fireman. His new occupation pits him against a former schoolmate, now an arsonist hired to torch the mansion of Cordell Pixler, the same medical malpractice attorney who ruined Sher’s father. The shrinking Foxworth family’s resentment of Pixler is matched only by that of the attorney’s spurned mistress, humiliated personal architect, and the remaining Ridleys, who have squandered their medical malpractice jury award. When the attorney’s house explodes in flames, the origin of the fire does not rest with the arsonist alone. A fierce retribution is unleashed from many sources as Sher Foxworth finally avenges his family.
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House Call
HOUSE CALL (100,000 words/hardcover/paperback) As young Dr. Knox Chamblee struggles to establish a medical practice in a southern town, both his social and professional conquests are derailed by a psychotic killer. In House Call no one connects the first victim, an attractive hospital nurse discovered floating in a bloody bathtub, to the near-frozen body of Dr. Cullen Gwinn, Chamblee’s mentor and chief proponent, found at the base of a deer stand. The primary police suspect is Dr. Aslyn Hawes, Chamblee’s female senior partner and overbearing nemesis, whose jealousy of the victims cloaks her in suspicion. In fact, Hawes resents virtually every non-patient resident of the town with the exception of the teenage ambulance driver who becomes a fixture in her Jacuzzi. That same young man sexually tempts Jay Rutledge, the conniving hospital administrator and the killer’s next target. As the murder investigation unfolds around him, Knox Chamblee evolves from potential suspect in the nurse’s murder to victim of a totally different crime – career sabotage due to reverse sexual discrimination. By squelching his own resentment and fulfilling his medical obligations, Dr. Chamblee overcomes his mentor’s death and the resulting career threat caused by a killer who has slaughtered out of mistaken identity.
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Upcoming Book Signings and Author Events
Darden North remains available for book signings and other literary events. Please contact Darden at darden@dardennorth.com.
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Additional information
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| Current literary works by Darden North, MD -----
Genre: Mystery, Medical Thriller, Popular Fiction -----
Points of Origin (Hardcover) ISBN 0977112616 9780977112616
House Call (Hardcover) SBN 0977112608 9780977112609
House Call (Paperback) ISBN 9780977112623
COMING IN 2008 ... DARDEN NORTH'S THIRD MANUSCRIPT ... FRESH FROZEN ... SYNOPSIS:
In a decaying brick building complex just north of Jackson, Mississippi, human reproductive tissue becomes an unexpected commodity. As the rest of the world is consumed with terrorists, biological warfare, and the price of world oil, a state-of-the-art medical facility and a circle of unlikely associates become consumed with the most basic of human functions --- and all for profit. Outcasts of a renewed baby boom that separates the United States from other wealthy nations, a young policeman and his tormented wife fail miserably to produce a family. Their futile attempts to become parents have not only pushed Wesley and Carey Sarbeck to the brink of bankruptcy but nearly cost Carey her life. However, there is one last hope for them: a catalogue of human embryo donors peddled by a woman whose standards are easily dismissed for the right price. This seemingly last chance for the Sarbecks to satisfy their place in middle America tosses them in the middle of a local gruesome murder, the world of Hollywood celebrities, and a heist of human embryos and eggs. Wesley Sarbeck learns there is no competition against those who can pay.
WATCH FOR FRESH FROZEN, THE NEXT NOVEL BY DARDEN NORTH,MD
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Ponder House Press
1020 North Flowood Drive
Jackson
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Work phone: 601 932 2230
Fax: 601 936 6181
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