Darden North, MD, is a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist who grew up in the Mississippi Delta and now lives in Jackson, Mississippi, where he practices medicine. He and his wife Sally have two young adult children, as well as two dogs and two grand dogs. A graduate of Ole Miss and the University of Mississippi School of Medicine, he is a certified DaVinci robotic surgeon and proctor. North’s first novel House Call (hardcover, paperback,  and eBook) was awarded Finalist in Mystery/Suspense by the 2008 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. His second novel Points of Origin (hardcover, eBook, and audio book) was recognized in Southern Fiction by the 2007 Independent Publishers Book (IPPY) Awards. His third novel, Fresh Frozen (hardcover, eBook, and audio book) is in film development by Frank Vitolo and Scott Alvaraz. The screenplay adaptation of Fresh Frozen is by Amy Taylor. The novel received Best Cover Design in the 2009 National Indie Excellence Awards and Finalist in Regional Fiction. Darden North's fourth novel is Wiggle Room (softcover/paperback, eBook), reviewed by the New York Journal of Books as: "North's visually acute, action-packed style ... is likely headed for the silver screen."     North has studied at the International Thriller Writers Conference and at the SEAK Advanced Writing Seminar in Chicago as well as at the SEAK Fiction Writing Conference in Hyannis where he received a writing award. He presented at the Southern Expressions Conference on the construction of mysteries and thrillers and on self-promotion as a novelist. North participated as a panelist at “Murder in the Magic City” (Birmingham, AL), "Author! Author! Celebration of the Written Word" (Shreveport LA), “Murder on the Menu” (Wetumpka, AL), and “Thriller Author Panel – SIBA Trade Show” (Mobile, AL).     Prior to attending medical school, Darden North worked in lawn maintenance, waited tables, ran a community pool concession stand, and taught swimming lesions. Several years ago, he hung up his golf clubs for a laptop. In his spare time, North gardens, walks for exercise, reads fiction, and travels with his family.   His author website is www.dardennorth.com .              

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 in the 2007 Independent Publishers Book Awards. HOUSE CALL was a Mystery/Suspense Finalist in the 2008 Indie 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.
Darden North received a writing award at the 2012 SEAK Fiction Writing Conference at Hyannis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts.