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Patricia
Gussin
is an author, physician, medical researcher and mother.
Her novels,
SHADOW OF DEATH,
TWISTED JUSTICE,
and THE TEST,
all thrillers, reflect her dual passions for family and medicine.
Co-written with her husband, Robert Gussin,
What’s Next
For You?
is the true
story of
the couple's transition from careers in medicine and medical
research to a new life in books and wine. Not a memoir or a
how-to, What's Next...For You? is witty, instructive,
and inspirational.
Her first
novel, SHADOW OF
DEATH, is the story of Laura Nelson, a medical
student in Detroit in 1967 during the riots. This extraordinary
social upheaval impacted Laura in a very personal, traumatic way. SHADOW
OF DEATH was nominated Best First Novel by
International Thriller Writers. It has also been used in a
sociology course in one university and in a contemporary urban
history course in another.
TWISTED JUSTICE,
is the story of Laura Nelson, seven years later. She is now a
thoracic surgeon, accused of the murder of her husband’s colleague
and facing the unthinkable, separation from her children. In many
ways these two stories parallel Patricia Gussin’s life as she did
attend medical school in Detroit after which she did an internship
and pediatric residency in Tampa.
THE TEST
is about the six siblings of the Parnell family. Determined to
leave something more valuable than money to his children,
philanthropist Paul Parnell stipulates a most unusual will—“The
Test.” One enormous estate. Six very different children. And
only one year to make a difference. But for this fractured family,
what a difference one year will make.
Born in Grand
Rapids, Michigan and a graduate of Aquinas College, Patricia
received a M.D. degree from Wayne State University School of
Medicine and an MBA from Columbia University. Her former academic
affiliations include the University of the Sciences of Philadelphia
as Chairman of the Board of Trustees; University of Pennsylvania
Dental School, where she was a member of the Board of Overseers and
an Associate Trustee of the University; and membership on advisory
committees of several universities. She has an Honorary Doctor of
Science Degree from Duquesne University. She also is a member of
the Board of Directors of the Sarnoff Corporation in Princeton, N.J.
A Fellow of
the American Academy of Family Physicians, Patricia is a member of
the American Academy of Family Medicine, and a former member of the
American Pain Society, Past President of the Drug Information
Association, and a former officer of the American Society for
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
Following her
medical training, Patricia, known to her professional colleagues as
Dr. Patricia Stewart, has practiced medicine and has directed
medical research in her role as worldwide vice president for a
leading healthcare company.
Patricia and
her husband, Dr. Robert Gussin, an author and renowned medical
researcher, divide their time between Longboat Key, Florida, East
Hampton, New York, and their vineyards in Marlborough, New Zealand.
Patricia is a member of
International Thriller Writers Association,
Sisters in Crime
and
Mystery Writers of America.
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