My Proud Pilgrimage to My Homeland — and Our Line in the Sand
The forward trenches in the hills just beyond the abandoned village of Talish, in Nagorno-Karabakh, are reminiscent of World War I: long, endless,
July 4, 2021
The Short Stories I Found in the Sweater Box
When I was cleaning out my father’s home after he died, I came across a sweater box under his bed. In it were
April 21, 2020
General
IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM, DOCTORS NEED DETECTIVE SKILLS—AND EMPATHY: Why I went looking for inspiration in the ER
A tenacious ER doctor is the heroine in my new thriller about a deadly pathogen, THE RED LOTUS. My time researching the novel
March 18, 2020
The Writing Process
Meet an ER Doctor and a Midwife
14 January 2020 Dear Friends Who Read and Readers Who are Friends, This month I want to celebrate two remarkable women. An ER
January 14, 2020
Good Reads
WINGSPAN has landed
Dear Friends Who Read and Readers Who are Friends, It’s official: the audiobook of my first play, WINGSPAN, landed today. You can download
March 26, 2019
The Writing Process
A playlist — and a glimpse into how I write
Dear Friends Who Read and Readers Who are Friends, I’m asked often about the process of writing: how I approach my day. Invariably,
March 17, 2019
General
The Fugitive Life of an Airline Employee
When I was a boy, I had an uncle who married a flight attendant—or what we called back then a (forgive me) stewardess.
April 4, 2018
Good Reads
The Flight Attendant Has Landed!
“Filled with turbulence and sudden plunges in altitude, ‘The Flight Attendant’ is a very rare thriller whose penultimate chapter made me think to
April 4, 2018
Good Reads
This Year, Take a Deep Breath and Focus on Others
When I was a boy, my parents’ New Year’s Eve parties were not precisely chaotic studies in dissolution and debauchery, but once when
December 31, 2017
Good Reads
The Ladies’ Room Just Inside Tomorrow Land: A Christmas Story
by Chris Bohjalian HE LEANED AGAINST THE cement wall, a father who was no longer young with a daughter who was, and listened
December 7, 2017
