About Carol Cassella

Carol Cassella is a practicing physician and the national bestselling author of three novels, Gemini (2014), Healer (2010), Oxygen (2008), each published by Simon & Schuster and translated into multiple foreign languages. All three novels were Indie Next Picks. Her books have been finalists for the Washington State Book Award, and highlighted as top choices by Library Journal, Booklist, Harpers Bazaar, People Magazine, Poets & Writers, Women’s Day, and USA Today, among others. She frequently appears as a speaker and teacher at literary events and conferences throughout the United States.

Carol majored in English Literature at Duke University and attended Baylor College of Medicine. She is board certified in both internal medicine and anesthesiology, and practiced primary care with a focus on cross cultural and underserved populations before becoming an anesthesiologist. Prior to writing fiction Carol wrote for the Global Health division of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, covering their grant projects throughout the developing world. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Huffington Post among other web and print sites. She was founder and editor of Mind to Mind, the literary section in The Journal of The American Association of Anesthesiology and a founding member of Seattle7Writers, a non-profit supporting literacy and reading in the Pacific Northwest. Pursuing her interest in global health in low resource countries she has served on medical organizations working in Thailand, Nicaragua, Bhutan, Cuba, Mexico, and Bolivia. Carol lives on Bainbridge Island, Washington.