Cutting for Stone

Abraham Verghese (born 1955) is an Ethiopian-American physician, professor at Stanford University, and bestselling author known for his memoirs about treating AIDS patients and epic novels set in Africa and India, including the New York Times bestsellers Cutting for Stone (2009) and The Covenant of Water (2023). His works blend medical insight with storytelling, earning him the National Humanities Medal (2015), Heinz Award (2014), and Guggenheim Fellowship (2023), among others.